In Hinduism and Buddhism, the eternal cycle of existence, from birth to death to rebirth, with suffering and attachments as keynotes. The opposite of Nirvana.

The cycle of rebirths.

The world of change and becoming; the relative world.

Conditioned existence; ordinary life suffering which occurs because one still possesses passion, aggression, and ignorance. It is contrasted to nirvana.

the cyclic world of life and death; the world/state of suffering and delusion.

The phenomenal, perceptible world; that which can be tasted, touched, seen, heard, or smelled.

a life of limited existence, of joys and sorrows; the world.

cyclic movement; the world; the ordinary life of the Ignorance.

Bondage in worldly life experiencing grief and limited pleasure in cycles.

'Cyclic existence', 'vicious circle' or 'round' of births and deaths. The state of ordinary sentient beings fettered by ignorance and dualistic perception, karma, and disturbing emotions.

The cycle of repeated birth and death, which continues until one gives up one's rebellion against the Supreme Lord.

The belief that the cycle of life, death and rebirth define our existence. This cycle continues and is also called reincarnation. The previous “life” determines the following one. An individual never dies; they are transformed from one life to another. A prince in one life might be a snake in the next. What a person transforms to in the next life depends upon the individuals’ karma (good or bad actions or deeds) in previous lives.

The cycle of death and rebirth in both Hinduism and Buddhism.

Everyday life. The continual round of birth, sickness, old age and death which can be transcended by following the Eightfold Path and Buddhist teaching.

the round of mundane existence.

Sansara The world - the place where transmigration (the soul's passage through a series of lives in different species) occurs.

This means the endless cycle of existence in the impermanent world. It is the goal of Buddhism to escape Samsara.

flowing together” – the cycle of transmigration; suffering existence, phenomenal reality.

(lit. 'wandering together') The wheel of suffering and rebirth.

(Hinduism and Buddhism) the endless cycle of birth and suffering and death and rebirth

The existence of ordinary beings, characterized by constant rebirth in one or another of the six planes of rebirth (gods, asuras, human beings, animals, pretas, beings in hell).

The relative world; the unceasing round of birth and death.

Cyclic existence, the beginningless and endless wheel of rebirth.

objective world, sea of change, cycle of birth and death, characterised by suffering

The endless cycle of birth, death, and rebirth, to which souls are chained.

(Sanskrit, Pali "wandering"). The cycle of death and rebirth.

Expressed ever-changing manifest existence whose parameters are what one thinks, feels, has, and the form one is being.

The continuous cycle of birth, death, and rebirth (reincarnation)

the cycle of repeated birth and death in the material world

the constant flow or flux of the world process. The realm of karma and re-birth.

Sanskrit word meaning turning of the wheel or revolving. It refers to the transmigration in the Six Directions of Reincarnation, the realm of birth and death.

Journeying [Sanskrit]; the ocean of worldly suffering; the state of being governed by the five hindrances.

The everyday world of change and suffering, leading to rebirth.

The world, worldliness.

An aspect of world expressed as differentiation, change, becoming, impermanence and desires.

Life in the world of illusion.

(Sanskrit, Buddhism) Worldly life or existence.

The vicious circle of life and death filled with suffering and arising from ignorance.

cycle of births and deaths

(Sanskrit and Pali) The world of appearances and endless flux, including all aspects of becoming and death; cycles of birth and rebirth.

Transmigration; the round of death and rebirth.

Round of rebirth, lit. "perpetual wandering," is a name by which is designated the sea of life ever restlessly heaving up and down.

The cycle of birth, suffering, and death. As long as a being is alive, he or she is participating in samsara.

Sanskrit; the cyclic existence of birth, death and rebirth from which nirvana provides liberation.

The relentless cycle of rebirth in which ordinary beings are deeply entangled. The three upper realms are heavens, demi-gods, and humans. The three lower realms are animals, hungry ghosts, and hells.

(Sanskrit): the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.

The continual cycle of death and rebirth. This death and rebirth is of course into this world of suffering and this is viewed in a negative manner.

(Skt.): See CYCLIC EXISTENCE.

The six realms of conditioned existence, three lower—hell, hungry ghost ( Skt: preta), and animal—and three upper—human, demigod (Skt: asura), and god (Skt: sura). The beginningless, recurring cycle of death and rebirth under the control of delusion and karma, fraught with suffering. Also refers to the contaminated aggregates of a sentient being.

The state of mundane activity or worldly existence.

Buddhist term for the state experienced by non-enlightened individuals, restlessness, suffering, non-awareness.

( Skt.): Literally, "wheel" or "cycle." Hence, the endless cycle of existence throughout the six realms that is marked by birth, old age, sickness and death. The confused state of suffering caused by the karmic force of one's actions.

The process of worldly life.

The world of flux and change in which we live. The cycle of coming to be and ceasing to be.

Transmigration, round of birth-death.

The ceaseless cycle of birth and death with its concomitant suffering.

(Skt); khor ba (Tib). Cyclic existence. The recurring pattern of birth, death and rebirth in which all sentient beings are trapped. Buddhist teachings are designed to teach beings how to release themselves from this vicious cycle.

The world, the existence, the domain of karma, protracted delusion of the mind. The cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.

("confluence"): the finite world of change, as opposed to the ultimate Reality ( brahman or nirvana)

in Hinduism and Buddhism, the endless cosmic cycle of birth and rebirth. See also Dependent Origination, Karma.

Suffering due to differentiation, change, becoming, impermanence and desires.

Samsara or (Sanskrit: संसार) refers to the cycle of reincarnation or rebirth in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and other related religions.

Samsara is a 2001 independent Italy/France/Indian/German film which tells the story of a Buddhist monk's quest to find Enlightenment. The film stars Shawn Ku as the monk Tashi, and Christy Chung as Pema. It was directed by Nalin Pan and written by Pan and Tim Baker.

Sanskrit and Pāli term for "continuous movement" or "continuous flowing" refers in Buddhism to the concept of a cycle of birth (jāti) and consequent decay and death (jarāmaraṇa}}), in which all beings in the universe participate and which can only be escaped through enlightenment. is associated with suffering and is generally considered the antithesis of nirvāṇa}} or nibbāna.