Samsara

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Samsara (Skt. saṃsāra; Tib. འཁོར་བ་, khorwa; Wyl. ‘khor ba) is the cycle of conditioned existence, birth and death, which is characterized by suffering and in which one is continually reborn until attaining nirvana.

Contents 1 Translation 2 Alternative Translations 3 Notes 4 Internal links

Translation

Luis Gomez has written:

...one should note that saṃsāra is not "cyclic" existence. The term means either wandering about or moving on without interruption, like a river current.^[1]

Alternative Translations

• The round (Matthew Kapstein)

Notes

1. ↑ Luis O. Gómez, 'The Way of the Translators: Three Recent Translations of Sântideva's Bodhicaryâvatâra'. Buddhist Literature I (1999) p.314.

Internal links

• Wheel of Life
• Six classes of beings
• Three realms