Many of you in everyday life could hear expressions at which there is a word sansara (or samsara). Put different value in this expression, however it is far from initial as sansara represents something other that is allowed to learn not to everyone. Today you learn how the sansara is connected with human life and soul that this word means and how to improve the situation in infinite circulation, or to leave it.
What is a sansara
Let's begin with what is a samsara then we will tell what its sense and appointment consists in.
To tell briefly what is a sansara, it is rather difficult as this word is used in several religions at once (Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, the Buddhism).
The word sansara (samsara) is a Sanskrit transcription. Literal translation — passing or course. At the same time this word in Hindu world outlook texts call regeneration, resettlement of soul (reincarnation). It turns out that the sansara, in other words is and there is a regeneration.
However process of regeneration in Hinduism is influenced by karma. In the course of life of people makes acts which define his future. At the end of one life sum up the result which influences regeneration, solving, there will be it high or low. Also it is worth representing a sansara not as one reincarnation and as uncountable quantity in which one life is similar to a small grain of sand on the big sandy beach.
The karma is consequences of all your actions which are expressed in requital. The karma represents set of just and injust acts which you made in each of the lives.
What the meaning of a sansara consists in
So, according to the concept of resettlement of souls, the bad karma interferes with Dao's comprehension (correct way which conducts to the eminence), without allowing to reach Brahma (God, the creator of everything, according to Hindu religion). And as resettlement of soul is and there is a samsara, she is responsible for emergence of a bad karma. Irrespective of in what exercises this concept meets, it always means vicious circulation of events (lives) in which soul degrades, enjoying wordly joys.
In Hinduism to a sansara treat as a vicious circle which the person surely has to leave to reach monastery of God. It is possible to achieve the objectives by meditations, having addressed yoga, or by endless love and disinterested service to God.
In Jainism of a samsar represents wordly life which is full of pain and sufferings. Soul in it infinitely rotates together with a karma.
In Sikhism it is considered that in order that soul was placed in a human body, it has to make many good acts in the past that its karma allowed to come nearer by the time of an exit from circulation, and to leave it it is possible only in shape of the person.
It turns out that in all similar exercises the wordly life is presented in the form of illusion which it is necessary to leave to move to the best world.
What is the law of a sansara
Further we will understand what is it — the law of a sansara.
In fact, the law of a sansara is a law of a karma which presents to the person of a consequence for the created acts. That is, it is the law which follows the person on life, doing it responsible for the fact that it does or does not do as the inaction also is action.
It turns out that the law of a sansara is relationship of cause and effect which defines, you will be rewarded or punished.
As the karma participates in a samsara as a control element, it is impossible to identify these concepts completely. What follows from that the law of a sansara are those consequences which follow from a condition of a karma which wordly acts in turn influence.
Sansara wheel — what is it
Above we wrote that wheel of infinite wordly life is a sansara. However the wheel of a sansara is not the simple sequence of lives, and is presented in the form of sets of the worlds which move constantly and transformed.
Whether you know? The image of a wheel of a sansara is present at an entrance to any Buddhist temple.
It turns out that before us not the infinite chain of consecutive lives of one soul, and all worlds which constantly stay in the movement and this movement leads to transformation of everything that is in a circle.
The circle of a sansara is a vicious circle in which worlds represent illusion of which it being possible to get out only the person.
What means: the wheel of a sansara gave a turn
It is worth understanding that expression means the wheel of a sansara gave a turn.
Passing of the same social standing cannot be estimated on time as one whole revolution corresponds to one day of life of God (it is described in the Veda). In habitual understanding, this expression means change of eras that it is not connected with God's life in any way. That is, it is about replacement old on new, about any transformations.
At the same time, according to Buddhist doctrines, in the course of one turn of a wheel the world endures the following stages: formation, stability, degradation and death, Bardo's condition.
It turns out that using expression the wheel of a sansara gave a turn, we speak not about simple change of an era, and about something more powerful. Roughly speaking, one turn of a samsara can be interpreted as emergence of the Universe (or several Universes), the stability moment, the moment of fading and full death. Then the condition of Bardo about which we will talk further will follow.
Whether you know? At Islam there are three types of reincarnation at once: regeneration of the prophet, regeneration of the religious figure and regeneration of simple soul. At the same time above-mentioned types of reincarnation admit only extreme Shiites and various sects, and the majority of exercises says that soul after death is located in similarity of a cage where waits for the Doomsday.
Bardo's condition
Having dealt with the fact that such wheel of a sansara in the Buddhism, we did not specify one detail, namely — Bardo's condition.
Bardo's condition, considering the aforesaid, represents a certain intermediate option if it is about a wheel. It is an interval during which nothing exists. The old world died away, and new did not appear yet. If to consider it on the example of human life, then the condition of a Bordeaux in a sense can be considered short death as at this moment there is only soul, without any cover. Also such state can be considered the moment of separation of soul from a cover in which, as they say in exercises, it is closed in circulation of a sansara.
How to leave a sansara wheel
According to exercises, a shower hold 3 poisons which are presented in the form of a pig, rooster and dragon in a wheel of a sansara. Ignorance, fear and anger is three defects, having given in to which, the human soul drags on in circulation more and stronger.
The fact that it is possible to sin corporal actions or a word, but also thought is interesting. Therefore the person who does not make bad acts, does not talk scandal and does not lie, all the same will not be able to get out of a samsara if he hostilely thinks in relation to people around.
Further the list of actions which will help to get out of circulation follows:
- Rescue of any life, whether it be people, pet, or small bug. Everything makes sense, and any life has the price.
- Generosity which is shown not only financially, but also spiritually. You can share information necessary to the person, or once again praise him, and you already show generosity in relation to him.
- Fidelity to friends, fidelity to the family, and, most important, fidelity to the soulmate.
- Lack of a lie.
- Resolution of disputes between the conflicting parties, achievement of reconciliation.
- Well-bred benevolent speech.
- It is necessary to appreciate what already you have.
- Manifestation of compassion to other people.
- Love for people around.
- Self-education and understanding of the nature of all things.
Important! Any acts bear the consequences therefore it is necessary to be responsible for each action separately. The law of addition of bad and good acts is absent therefore it is impossible to block bad acts good.
Octal (median) way of release
For the Buddhism of a samsar is the principle which needs to be overcome to tower therefore further we will tell about how Buddha describes a way of release from infinite circulation.
The octal way is peculiar steps which it is necessary to climb (to pass) that soul was released and towered.
Further we will list these steps which are also grouped in blocks.
Three main units have set of steps.
Wisdom:
- correct view (comprehension 4 truth);
- the correct intention (the determination is necessary to pass a way).
Morality:
- the correct speech (abstention from abuse, a lie and also from idle talk);
- the correct behavior (it is necessary to refuse alcoholism, deception, a rasputnost, theft);
- the correct way of life (it is impossible to earn a living by murder of animals and also trade in them; it is impossible to do weapon which is used for murder; the ban on production of meat, as this murder and further processing of living beings and also on production or sale of drugs or alcoholic drinks).
Concentration:
- the correct effort (it is necessary to aim efforts at the development of spirituality);
- the correct pamyatovaniye (fixing of the positive moments and removal negative of consciousness);
- the correct concentration (deep meditation which allows to reach extreme contemplation).
Important! The way is also called median as it allows to leave a samsara to any being, and not just the electee.
On it we finish discussion of a samsara and also circulation of events. Now you know that you such wheel of a sansara and as to leave it, are familiar with influence of a karma on the soul future and also with possible consequences. It is worth noticing that the karma cannot be presented in the form of set of positive or negative values, each separate act has the price which cannot be paid, having executed opposite act.