The cycle of birth, death, and rebirth in Buddhism. By breaking the cycle of samsara, one can achieve enlightenment and liberation from suffering.
Reincarnation: The concept of being reborn into different forms of existence after death.
Karma: The law of cause and effect that determines one's actions and their consequences.
The Four Noble Truths: The fundamental teachings of Buddha, which describe the nature of suffering and the path to enlightenment.
The Eightfold Path: A set of guidelines for achieving enlightenment, including right understanding, intention, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, and concentration.
The Three Universal Truths: Impermanence, suffering, and non-self (anatta).
The Five Skandhas: The five components that make up an individual's existence (form, feelings, perceptions, mental formations, and consciousness).
The Wheel of Life (Samsara): A visual representation of the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.
The Three Poisons: Ignorance, attachment, and aversion, which are the root causes of suffering.
The Three Jewels: Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha, which provide guidance and support on the path to enlightenment.
The Middle Way: The Buddha's teaching that the path to enlightenment lies in avoiding extremes and finding balance in all things.
Ordinary Samsara: This is the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth that most beings in the world experience. It is referred to as ordinary because it is associated with suffering.
Purified Samsara: This is the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth that an enlightened being experiences. It is purified because the being has transcended suffering and lives in a state of inner peace.
Lower Samsara: This is the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth of beings in the lower realms of existence, such as animals, hungry ghosts, and hell beings. These beings are often consumed by intense suffering due to their negative karma.
Upper Samsara: This is the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth of beings in the higher realms, such as humans, gods, and demi-gods. These beings enjoy a relatively comfortable existence, but are still subject to the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.
Endless Samsara: This is the conundrum of samsara being without beginning or end, with an infinity of past and future lives.
Peripheral Samsara: This is the cycle of rebirths in which an individual is reborn again and again in peripheral orders or continues to be reborn in the same place without leaving.
Illusory Samsara: This is the false perceived notion that existence in this world is true and real when it is just an illusion.
Collective Samsara: This is the embodiment of collective delusion in society, creating the base for suffering and the cycle of birth and rebirth for others.