In Hinduism, Buddhism, and some other eastern religions, the ongoing cycle of birth, death, and rebirth endured by human beings and all other mortal beings, and from which release is obtained by achieving the highest enlightenment
That which is experienced by non-enlightened individuals: restlessness, suffering, non-awareness, multiplicity shastra: Something said by a prominent disciple of the Buddha sutra: Something said by the Buddha Back to Top
The everyday world of change and suffering, leading to rebirth The everyday world of change and suffering, leading to rebirth
That which is experienced by non-enlightened individuals: restlessness, suffering, non-awareness, multiplicity
In Buddhism, the cycle of birth, death and rebirth, one of continued suffering, which one attempts to break out of by purifying his or her body, speech and mind
Conditioned existence; ordinary life suffering which occurs because one still possesses passion, aggression, and ignorance It is contrasted to nirvana
(Hinduism and Buddhism) the endless cycle of birth and suffering and death and rebirth
Sanskrit; the cyclic existence of birth, death and rebirth from which nirvana provides liberation