samsara
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- noun
- /sæmˈsɑːrə/
- Literature
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samsara
- Inscriptions and other sources often link Shiva's dance to the Hindu notion of samsara, or the cyclical process of birth (that is, creation), death (that is, reabsorption into the universal godhead), and rebirth.
You'll stop experiencing those same samsara cycles once you stop judging it.
- You'll stop experiencing those same samsara cycles once you stop judging it.
- And so it's just this it's like samsara in real time creation, maintenance, destruction.
- And I say that that wheel of Samsara is a trap, and it's a trap to keep you in.
- What it is, is that your whole relationship to the waves of samsara change that you're no longer subject to them.
Examples
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May all living beings turn to the wisdom of Buddha and quickly attain freedom from the sufferings of samsara.
Blog text (25) -
One attains Nirvana, or "extinction," and leaves the painful cycle of rebirth, or Samsara.
Academic text (1999) -
To be free from samsara.
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On the wheel of samsara, they had no place to go but up.
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This cycle of distracting mental engagement is referred to as the vicious state of samsara.
Academic text (1999) -
There is no shortcut, no magic recipe for stopping Samsara.
Blog text (32) -
Did you ever find lasting happiness that did not turn to suffering in the phenomenal world called samsara?
Blog text (23) -
Being trapped in samsara is to be governed by the constant striving for further situations that will temporarily free us from burden.
Academic text (1999) -
I briefly thought about the unsatisfactoriness of samsara, and how there is only suffering in the endless cycle of uncontrolled rebirth.
Blog text (25) -
In Hinduism, the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth is known as samsara, which is often associated with suffering.
Synonyms
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A process of being born again after death many times until you become free
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word samsara comes from the Sanskrit saṃsāra, which means 'wandering' or 'moving in a circle'. So, samsara pictures life as a repeating cycle of birth, death, and rebirth that people try to escape to find peace.