Usually means: Cycle of birth, death, rebirth.
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▸ noun:  (philosophy, religion) In Jainism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and some other eastern religions, the ongoing cycle of birth, death, and rebirth endured by human beings and all other mortal beings, and from which release is obtained by achieving the highest enlightenment.

Similar:
karma, samvega, samskara, Moksha, mindstream, bardo, jiva, satsang, sanskara, samjna, more...

Opposite:
nirvana, enlightenment, liberation

Types:
cyclic existence, cycle of rebirth, wheel of life, wheel of suffering, wheel of karma, wheel of time, wheel of death, more...

Adjectives:
karma, beginningless, endless, past, own, eternal, sanskrit, whole, mortal, infinite, further

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Similar:
karma, samvega, samskara, Moksha, mindstream, bardo, jiva, satsang, sanskara, samjna, more...

Opposite:
nirvana, enlightenment, liberation

Types:
cyclic existence, cycle of rebirth, wheel of life, wheel of suffering, wheel of karma, wheel of time, wheel of death, more...

Adjectives:
karma, beginningless, endless, past, own, eternal, sanskrit, whole, mortal, infinite, further

Colors:
    indigo,     saffron,     gold,     crimson,     azure, more...



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