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Bhavacakra

The bhavachakra (Sanskrit: भवचक्र; Pāli: bhavacakka; Tibetan: སྲིད་པའི་འཁོར་ལོ, Wylie: srid pa'i 'khor lo) or wheel of life is a visual teaching aid and meditation tool symbolically representing saṃsāra (or cyclic existence). It is found on the walls of Tibetan Buddhist temples and monasteries in the Indo-Tibetan region, to help both Buddhists understand…

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Three poisonsKarmaThe six realmsTwelve links of dependent originationImpermanence
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BhavaBuddhismSamsaricTwelve NidanasPratītyasamutpāda
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BhutanThikse MonasteryLadakhThangkaBirmingham Museum of Art
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Chinese
有輪 (Pinyin: yǒulún)
English
wheel of life, wheel of cyclic existence, etc.
Pali
bhavacakka (Brah: 𑀪𑀯𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓)
Sanskrit
bhavachakra (Dev: भवचक्र)
Tibetan
སྲིད་པའི་འཁོར་ལོ་ (Wylie: srid pa'i 'khor lo; THL: sipé khorlo)

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Bhavacakra

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Avg. degree1.97
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Chinese · 1
Bhavacakra → 有輪 (Pinyin: yǒulún)
English · 1
Bhavacakra → wheel of life, wheel of cyclic existence, etc.
Pali · 1
Bhavacakra → bhavacakka (Brah: 𑀪𑀯𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓)
Sanskrit · 1
Bhavacakra → bhavachakra (Dev: भवचक्र)
Tibetan · 1
Bhavacakra → སྲིད་པའི་འཁོར་ལོ་ (Wylie: srid pa'i 'khor lo; THL: sipé khorlo)

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wheel bhavachakra realms karma existence three samsara liberation realm six twelve represents buddha poisons links also tibetan layer moon buddhism

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BhavacakraChinese有輪 (Pinyin: yǒulún)1.00infobox
BhavacakraEnglishwheel of life, wheel of cyclic existence, etc.1.00infobox
BhavacakraPalibhavacakka (Brah: 𑀪𑀯𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓)1.00infobox
BhavacakraSanskritbhavachakra (Dev: भवचक्र)1.00infobox
BhavacakraTibetanསྲིད་པའི་འཁོར་ལོ་ (Wylie: srid pa'i 'khor lo; THL: sipé khorlo)1.00infobox

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