samsara

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The professor pointed out that it is through the doctrine of dependent origination that Buddhism sought to explain moral responsibility and the uninterrupted life-series in samsara (the cycle of birth, death and rebirth).

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  1. noun Hinduism & Buddhism The eternal cycle of birth, suffering, death, and rebirth.

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  • All beings were, therefore, caught up in an endless cycle of samsara (“keeping going”), which propelled them from one life to another. —  Buddha
  • At the level of the Refuge Vow, one's aim is to break free oneself from the bonds of samsara, the rounds of rebirth caused by our unenlightened views and actions. —  Dreaming Of Danzan Ravjaa
  • This is the basis for the Bodhisattva Vow. bodhisattva is an "awakening being" and his or her vow is this: to strive along the path to Buddhahood, supreme awakening, while at the same time promising never to leave samsara until each and every sentient being has been established in the supreme bliss of enlightenment beyond any possibility of suffering, no matter how many countless lifetimes this takes. —  Dreaming Of Danzan Ravjaa
  • The professor pointed out that it is through the doctrine of dependent origination that Buddhism sought to explain moral responsibility and the uninterrupted life-series in samsara (the cycle of birth, death and rebirth). —  Asian Tribune
  • If muga were to wait for samsara or not wait for it he'd really be laughing stock.
 

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  1. Sanskrit saṃsāraḥ, course of life, samsara : sam, together; see sem-1 in Indo-European roots + sarati, it flows.
 

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