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Definition of Samsara

1. Noun. (Hinduism and Buddhism) the endless cycle of birth and suffering and death and rebirth.

Definition of Samsara

1. Noun. (context: philosophy religion) In 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. ¹

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Definition of Samsara

1. the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth in Buddhism [n -S]

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Literary usage of Samsara

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gospel of Buddha According to Old Records by Paul Carus (1894)
"samsara AND NIRVANA. Look about you and contemplate life ! 1 Everything is transient and ... All is samsara. * Is there nothing permanent in the world? ..."

2. The Gospel of Buddha According to Old Records by Paul Carus (1894)
"samsara AND NIRVANA. Look about you and contemplate life ! 1 Everything is transient and ... All is samsara. * Is there nothing permanent in the world? ..."

3. The Gospel of Buddha by Paul Carus (1915)
"samsara AND NIRVANA. 10 Look about and contemplate life! i Everything is transient and ... All is samsara. 4 Is there nothing permanent in the world? ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... and that to men, consisting in the entertainment of guests. final deliverance from samsara, the revolution of-bodily and personal existence. ..."

5. Mental Culture in Burmese Crisis Politics: Aung San Suu Kyi and the National by Gustaaf Houtman (1999)
"... Chapter 9 Transcending boundaries: samsara, the State, the prison and the self So far, I have traced one of the coping mechanisms of imprisonment, ..."

6. The Six Systems of Indian Philosophy by Max E Muller, Friedrich Max Müller (1919)
"It corresponds in meaning . to the Sanscrit samsara, and is rendered in German by Seelenwanderung. To a Hindu the idea that the souls of men migrated after ..."

7. The Gospel of Buddha According to Old Records by Paul Carus (1894)
"samsara AND NIRVANA. Look about you and contemplate life ! 1 Everything is transient and ... All is samsara. * Is there nothing permanent in the world? ..."

8. The Gospel of Buddha According to Old Records by Paul Carus (1894)
"samsara AND NIRVANA. Look about you and contemplate life ! 1 Everything is transient and ... All is samsara. * Is there nothing permanent in the world? ..."

9. The Gospel of Buddha by Paul Carus (1915)
"samsara AND NIRVANA. 10 Look about and contemplate life! i Everything is transient and ... All is samsara. 4 Is there nothing permanent in the world? ..."

10. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... and that to men, consisting in the entertainment of guests. final deliverance from samsara, the revolution of-bodily and personal existence. ..."

11. Mental Culture in Burmese Crisis Politics: Aung San Suu Kyi and the National by Gustaaf Houtman (1999)
"... Chapter 9 Transcending boundaries: samsara, the State, the prison and the self So far, I have traced one of the coping mechanisms of imprisonment, ..."

12. The Six Systems of Indian Philosophy by Max E Muller, Friedrich Max Müller (1919)
"It corresponds in meaning . to the Sanscrit samsara, and is rendered in German by Seelenwanderung. To a Hindu the idea that the souls of men migrated after ..."

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