Last updated on November 5, 2023 by Roger Kaufman

The Wheel of Life - Consciousness of Buddhist Teachings

In Buddhism Governs the idea that individual life is not limited by birth and death, but that one depends on what good or bad things one acquires in life - Karma called, i.e. into one Reincarnation into a new life.

While the individual life is referred to as incarnation (coming into the flesh), the definition of reincarnation is a return to earthly life, a “coming back into the flesh,” so to speak.

The cycle of becoming, passing away and coming back is... Buddhism as a Samsara fleet bezeichnet.

The translation of the word samsara is “constant wandering,” meaning this seemingly endless wheel of death and rebirth, this cycle from which one has to escape.

The idea of ​​rebirth Buddhists

The wheel of life between death, life and the Buddhist (teaching) beliefs and traditions

Faith = philosophy

While the individual life is called incarnation (coming into the flesh), the definition of is reincarnation a return to earthly life, a “coming back into the flesh,” so to speak.

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The wheel of becoming, passing away and coming again is called samsara in Buddhism.

The translation of the word samsara is “constant wandering”, which means this seemingly endless wheel Tod and rebirth is meant, this cycle from which we have to escape.

The Buddhists also speak of the wheel of rebirth, which continually moves between death, soul and... live turns.

This wheel is divided by its spokes into six areas, symbolizing the possible realms of existence into which a sentient being can be born.

A living being is caught in the wheel of samsara until there is no Karma accumulates more, because this is what allows it to be born again and again into the six realms of existence.

As soon as a living being no Sorrow accumulates more and no longer gives in to its passions, it can overcome samsara and enter the desired Nirvana.

That's how it is Rebirth among the Buddhists So not desirable, but a sign that people are still tied to their entanglements and passions.

However, there is also the idea of ​​voluntary rebirth in Buddhism, in which an already enlightened being decides to incarnate again on earth in order to live in the wheel of the life to help trapped beings out of their entanglements.

Which of the six spheres of existence of the wheel of life a being incarnates into depends on his actions in the previous life and Part of karmathat he caused himself.

6 areas of existence and traditions in Buddhism

Sentient beings can be reborn into one of the following six realms of existence until they can escape this circle of life and enter Nirvana like Buddha.

1. The world of hungry ghosts

Suffering such as endless hunger and unquenchable thirst is experienced by the hungry ghosts, who cannot eat or drink due to a narrow throat.

Greed and avarice have brought sentient beings to this place where desires are never fulfilled erfahren and hunger and thirst symbolize never-ending greed.

2. World of hellish creatures

This world of torment is almost comparable to hellfire in Christianity, in which beings have to endure scorching heat and icy cold when anger and Hate brought them here.

There is mutilation of limbs, the creatures are cooked and eaten.

But here too, as with every reincarnation, the school of religion founded by Buddha has a Buddha at your side who shows the beings how to get through it change their behavior can overcome the wheel of samsara.

4. world of animals

Ignorance, spiritual dullness and a weak will lead to this world in which animals to be hunted and eaten.

Here you can find beings that were in the previous live neither seized the opportunity to learn nor developed a strong will, but like many animals, dull and willless, they spent a life in ignorance.

reincarnation always means the chance to change something through learning, but if you don't take advantage of the opportunity to learn, it will be wasted live and is reborn in this world of animals.

4. world of people

Being reborn as a human is almost a privilege, because only humans are capable of rational thought and self-reflection.

He can also Man read and learn from the holy scriptures of this world in order to master one's life, develop virtues and overcome one's passions.

Buddha was also born into the human world and that is how he comes Dalai Lama as a reincarnation of a boddhisattva into this human world.

5. World of demigods

This is about the fight and envy between the demigods and the gods.

Because they enjoy the fruits of the wishing tree, while the demigods enjoy the roots of the tree water and have to care for them without receiving the same fruits for their work as the gods.

6. World of the Gods

This world is dedicated to physical pleasure and happiness. However, the beings living here are by no means all enlightened, but are constantly threatened with becoming blinded and arrogant.

Anyone who is born into the world of the gods will do excellently, but he must not look down on others who are burdened with suffering and torment, otherwise he too will be reborn into one of the lower worlds in order to once again find his way through the worlds of the gods to enter into samsara.

Karma and reincarnation

Karma is the law of cause and effect means that what a person sows will also be reaped by him.

It's not just what you do that plays a role, but especially what you do thoughts and the human mindset.

The Reincarnation is therefore dependent on karmathat a person has accumulated.

If a person cultivates predominantly good deeds, benevolent thoughts and a peaceful mind, then his karma is the same pleasant and he will be in the next life born into a beautiful realm of existence.

But if he is rather blinded, arrogant, mentally dull and his mind is mostly angry and impatient, in the next life he will get to know the side in which beings are exactly this erfahren.

Life is a matter of experience and Learning process, but learning always means being able to empathize with something or someone.

So everything has to be lived through and experienced in order to become aware of what Luck which means change and can therefore lead to better karma.

Thus, the definition of includes Reincarnation always involves karma, which includes the way of reincarnation, the school of Buddhism-based religion.

The reincarnation Buddhas

In Tibetan, reincarnation also includes reincarnation Buddhas and various boddhisatvas.

Who is Dalai Lama?

The Dalai Lama is known worldwide and recognized as the Tibetan leader. The first Dalai Lama was the Tibetan monk Sonam Gyatsho.

He received his honorary title Dalai Lama from a Mongol prince in the 16th century.

Translated, this title means “Ocean of Wisdom”, where the word Dalai means “ocean” and the word Lama can be translated as “master” or “teacher”.

The name of the current Dalai Lama is Tenzin Gyatsho.

A pair of Dalai Lama

Is considered reincarnation of a bodhisattva, a being who, out of compassion for all beings, has voluntarily decided to continue to exist in order to help others leave the wheel of samsara.

The Reincarnation of Buddha im Buddhism as the content of a reincarnation system was introduced in the 12th century by the cult leader Dudoun Khyenpa.

He promised his students that he would be reincarnated and 11 years later he was actually born in Karma Paksi oldest Younger recognized as his soul child.

Karma Paksi completed ten years of monastic training, became the leader of the Kagzupa sect and from then on as a reincarnation Buddhas or the first Tibetan “Living Buddha of Rebirth”.

Even if the definition of reincarnation – inseparable from the karma of the being It doesn't always turn out to be uniform and Tibetan Buddhism seems to have a special role in Buddhism, but it plays a role gedanke of learning and compassion towards other beings plays a major role in all currents.

Rebirth is always inseparably linked to the karma of the being and thus to the principle of cause and effect.

The topic of rebirth Buddhism & reincarnation in other cultures

The definition of reincarnation also points in other cultures Despite some differences, there are many similarities.

The gedanke of rebirth is also quite old in other cultures and religions and was probably not alien to early Christianity.

The way food is Jewish Kabbalah speaks of a “transmigration of souls”. For example, the well-known Kabbalist Arisal wrote a work called: “The Gate of Rebirth”.

In Hinduism, karma is also responsible for reincarnation and only liberation Soul reaches Nirvana.

The differences between Hinduism and Buddhism

Injustice and suffering in the world

Or regardless of religion and culture, there would definitely be a lot of questions about injustice and suffering in the world and it is worth taking a moment to talk about reincarnation and the school of Buddha to think about a founded religion.

Definition of karma

Fate is the global principle of cause and effect – reincarnation and rebirth Buddhism

Our excellent and even negative actions return to us in the future and help us learn from life's lessons and better ones People to become.

In beliefs that include reincarnation, this extends fate on the existing life and all past and future lives.

Fate is general Energy. Someone throws out power through thoughts, words and activities, and it comes with the Time also through other people.

The fate is the best teacher

Which requires people to face the effects of their own activities and so improve and improve their behavior or endure it if they do not.

Even heavy karma, when encountered in wisdom, can be the best trigger for spiritual be growth.

Supporting any action with the claim “I do it” is fate. Claiming the action of an action binds it.

To sustain the action with the idea “I am the doer” is to bind it.

It is this support of belief in “action” that binds this.

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Quotations to life after life – to be reborn

Water solidifies into ice, ice melts into water. What is born dies again; what has died is alive. Water and ice are ultimately one. life and death, both are good. – Buddhist wisdom

“I could well imagine that I lived in earlier centuries and encountered questions that I had not yet been able to answer: that I had to be reborn because I had not fulfilled the task set for me. When I die, I imagine my actions will follow suit. I will bring back what I did.” – Carl Gustav Jung

“If someone is 75 years old, they can’t fehlenthat he sometimes thinks about death. This thought leaves me completely at peace, because I am firmly convinced that our spirit is a being of a completely indestructible nature; it is something that continues from eternity to eternity. It is similar to the sun, which seems to set even to our earthly eyes, but which actually never sets, but shines on continuously.” - Johann Wofgang von Goethe

“Do you want the mysteries of life and the Todes knowledge? Then learn the power of the Spirit.” – Buddhist wisdom

Before I started working with the dying, I didn't believe in life after death Tod. Now I believe in life after death, without a shadow of a doubt. - Elisabeth kübler-ross

Explore the process of death and rebirth and its influence on how we live our lives live shape.

Learn that Meaning of your life to realize and resolve conflicts; develop the ability to help yourself and others in the dying process.

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Reincarnation Buddhism – Definition

Comparable concepts are also referred to as metempsychosis, transmigration, transmigration of souls or rebirth bezeichnet.

“Out-of-body experiences” are often brought into the context of the term reincarnation. The belief in reincarnation is a dogmatic part of the World religions Hinduism and Buddhism.

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