samsara
संसार saṃsāraThe cycle of birth, death and rebirth through which the self passes until liberation (moksha).
Where this term appears
- Dharma, Karma and Rebirth Essentials
Samsara , the cycle of death and rebirth, also called punarjanma , "birth again," is the arena in which karma plays out across lifetimes.
- Hinduism and Buddhism: the difference Essentials
Both accept rebirth , the passage through many lifetimes, and both call the wheel of that wandering samsara , a round of birth, death, and re-becoming driven by craving and ignorance.
- What happens after death in Hinduism? Essentials
…paths, takes place inside a single vast condition the tradition calls samsara , the wandering, the endless round of birth, death, and rebirth.
- What is Moksha? Essentials
It means release, liberation, the cutting loose of a soul from samsara , the wheel of birth, death, and rebirth that turns life after life.
- Why do Hindus cremate their dead? Essentials
Hindus cremate their dead because the body is understood as a temporary vessel, borrowed from the five elements (earth, water, fire, air and space), while the true…
- Devas and Asuras Deities
Ramanuja's bhashya has him hurled "ever" into the current of existence, and the Shrivaishnava word-for-word gives ajasram as "continuously". Sridhara has him kept "incessantly revolving in samsara ".
- The Four Aims of Life (Purusharthas) Essentials
Moksha is liberation, release from samsara , the beginningless cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.
- The History of Sanatana Dharma: A Timeline History
With them come the ideas that would organise everything after: karma , action and its fruit, saṃsāra , the round of rebirth, and mokṣa , release from it.