Samsara: Wheel of Life & Suffering Explained

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Samsara: Wheel of Life & Suffering Explained

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Saṃsāra (Buddhism) opposite of Nirvana
Saṃsāra (Sanskrit: संसार, Pali: saṃsāra; also samsara) in Buddhism and Hinduism is the beginningless cycle of repeated birth, mundane existence and dying again.[1] Samsara is considered to be dukkha, suffering, and in general unsatisfactory and painful,[2] perpetuated by desire and avidya (ignorance), and the resulting karma.
Rebirths occur in six realms of existence, namely three good realms (heavenly, demi-god, human) and three evil realms (animal, ghosts, hellish).[note 1] Samsara ends if a person attains nirvana,[note 2] the "blowing out" of the desires and the gaining of true insight into impermanence and non-self reality.
In Buddhism, saṃsāra is the "suffering-laden, continuous cycle of life, death, and rebirth, without beginning or end".[2][10] In several suttas of the Samyutta Nikaya's chapter XV in particular it's said "From an inconstruable beginning comes transmigration. A beginning point is not evident, though beings hindered by ignorance and fettered by craving are transmigrating & wandering on".[11] It is the never-ending repetitive cycle of birth and death, in six realms of reality (gati, domains of existence),[12] wandering from one life to another life with no particular direction or purpose.[13][14][note 3] Samsara is characterized by dukkha ("unsatisfactory," "painful").[note 4]Samsara relates to the Four Noble Truths in Buddhism, as dukkha ("unsatisfactory," "painful") is the essence of Samsara.[17][18] Every rebirth is temporary and impermanent. In each rebirth one is born and dies, to be reborn elsewhere in accordance with one's own karma.[19] It is perpetuated by one's avidya ("ignorance"), particularly about anicca (“impermanence”) and anatta, (“no-self”)[20][21] and from craving.[note 5] Samsara continues until moksha is attained by means of insight and nirvana,[15][note 2] the "blowing out" of the desires and the gaining of true insight into impermanence and non-self reality. Samsara and the notion of cyclic existence dates back to 800 BCE.

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@makersmark1974 10 ай бұрын

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@MissionTristan 10 ай бұрын

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@sifatjahan8499 10 ай бұрын

Okay here’s a question. Let’s say I understand the concept of all of this. And while I truly want to align with it, my current self isn’t allowing me to. And I continue to do as I do knowing it isn’t serving me. How do I go about turning that around?

@MissionTristan 10 ай бұрын

The main thing to understand is that this process is minutely incremental. Unless you're like a Buddha reincarnation you're not getting out of the cycle anytime soon - it could take hundreds of thousands of life cycles. You accumulate good karma in every life to keep moving in the right direction. So just aim to be an overall positive. While you could become a monk or equivalent to accelerate your karma acquisition, the main thing is avoid decreasing your karma as that will bring you back as an inferior reincarnation (such as an animal who doesn't have a concept of karma) and if you head that direction you could essentially get whirpooled down the castes

@sifatjahan8499 10 ай бұрын

@@MissionTristan So next question... Overall trying to be good person with the occasitonal slip up. That can be done. But what if I live by the moral that it's okay to steal from rich terrible corporations and humans. Is that bad karma? If so, I need to start buying my chocolate bars again.