bhavacakra

Noun

Meaning

bhavacakra (plural bhavacakras)

(Buddhism) symbolic representation of saṃsāra (or cyclic existence)

Examples

Dzongsar Khyentse (2004), p. 3. Explanation of the diagram A traditional Tibetan thangka showing the bhavacakra. Source: Internet

Karunaratne, T. B. (2008), p. 14. English translations of the term bhavacakra The term bhavacakra has been translated into English as: * Wheel of becoming Gethin (1998), pp. 158-9. Source: Internet

The bhavacakra is painted on the outside walls of nearly every Tibetan Buddhist temple in Tibet and India. Source: Internet

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