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The Theravada-tradition does not have a graphical representation of the round of rebirths, but cakra-symbolism is an elementary component of Buddhism, and Buddhaghosa's Path of Purification (Visuddhimagga) contains such imagery: It is the beginningless round of rebirths that is called the 'Wheel of the round of rebirths' (saṃsāracakka).
Bhavachakra showing six realms of existence in which a being can reincarnate according to rebirth doctrine of Buddhism. Buddhist god Yama face is at the top of the outer rim. The outer rim shows the twelve nidanas doctrine. From Bhutan. Date: 22 October 2014, 13:01: Source: The wheel of life: Author: Nagarjun Kandukuru from Bangalore, India
The Six Paths [1] in Buddhist cosmology [2] are the six worlds where sentient beings are reincarnated based on their karma, which is linked to their actions in previous lives. These paths are depicted in the Bhavacakra ("wheel of existence"). [3] The six paths are: [4] the world of gods or celestial beings ; the world of warlike demigods
A Bhavachakra ("Wheel of Existence") depicting the six realms of existence in which a sentient being can be reborn into, according to the rebirth doctrine of Buddhism In traditional Buddhist cosmology the rebirth, also called reincarnation or metempsychosis , can be in any of the six realms of existence .
Like Jainism, Buddhism developed its own saṃsāra theory, that evolved over time the mechanistic details on how the wheel of mundane existence works over the endless cycles of rebirth and redeath. [ 118 ] [ 119 ] In early Buddhist traditions, saṃsāra cosmology consisted of five realms through which wheel of existence recycled. [ 111 ]
Rebirths occur in six realms of existence, namely three good realms (heavenly, demi-god, human) and three evil realms (animal, ghosts, hellish). [ note 1 ] Samsara ends if a person attains nirvana , [ note 2 ] the "blowing out" of the desires and the gaining of true insight into impermanence and non-self reality.
Template:StagesFettersRebirths tabularizes Buddhist notions found in the Pali canon regarding: the four stages of enlightenment; the associated eradicated fetters that bind one to samsara; the associated number and types of rebirth.
Although it may not be the most pleasurable domain to live in, a human rebirth is in fact considered to be by far the most advantageous of all possible rebirths in samsara, because a human rebirth is the only samsaric domain from which one can directly attain Bodhi (enlightenment), either in the present rebirth (for Buddhas and Arhats) or in a ...