Samsara
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- Created on: 18-05-16 08:57
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- Literally means 'wandering on' and refers to endless rounds of rebirth
- Buddha gained knowledge of rebirth, karma and the 4 Noble Truths through meditating
- On the Night of Enlightenment, it is said that he could remember as far back as 91 kalpas. This would include thousands of past lives
- 12 niddanas or links surround the wheel and constitute the cycle of existence. These are know the dependent origination/arising or paticca samupadda
- They represent the chain of cause and effect through which wheel of samsara is recreated
- The escape link is between the 7th and 8th niddana, joining craving and suffering. If a person stops craving then the outer most wheel stops turning, they have escaped samsara and have become enlightened
- To break the link, they need to understand that craving leads to suffering
- In the centre of the wheel are the 3 mental poisons; greed (pig), hatred (snake) and delusion (rooster)
- These are the starting…
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