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[[Image:Wheel of life.jpg|frame|[[Wheel of Life]] (Tib. ''sipé khorlo'')]]'''Samsara''' (Skt. ''saṃsāra''; Tib. ''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]]. | [[Image:Wheel of life.jpg|frame|[[Wheel of Life]] (Tib. ''sipé khorlo'')]]'''Samsara''' (Skt. ''saṃsāra''; Tib. ''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]]. | ||
==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.<ref>Luis O. Gómez, 'The Way of the Translators: Three Recent Translations of Sântideva's Bodhicaryâvatâra'. ''Buddhist Literature I'' (1999) p.314.</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 11:13, 26 January 2011
Samsara (Skt. saṃsāra; Tib. 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.
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]
Notes
- ↑ Luis O. Gómez, 'The Way of the Translators: Three Recent Translations of Sântideva's Bodhicaryâvatâra'. Buddhist Literature I (1999) p.314.