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Samsara is considered to be dukkha, suffering, and in general unsatisfactory and painful, [2] perpetuated by desire and avidya (ignorance), and the resulting karma and sensuousness. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Rebirths occur in six realms of existence, namely three good realms ( heavenly , demi-god , human) and three evil realms (animal, ghosts , hellish ).
Karma: Every action of body, speech, and mind has karmic results, and influences the kind of future rebirths and realms a being enters into. Three marks of existence: everything, whether physical or mental, is impermanent (anicca), a source of suffering (dukkha), and lacks a self (anatta).
The body dies but not the Ātman, which is eternal reality, indestructible, and bliss. [73] Everything and all existence is connected, cyclical, and composed of two things: the Self, or Ātman, and the body, or matter. [19] This eternal Self called Ātman never reincarnates, it does not change and cannot change in the Hindu belief. [19]
The upper part of the drawing also shows an image of the Buddha pointing toward the moon; this represents the path to liberation. [ 21 ] [ 30 ] [ 31 ] While in Theravada Buddhism this is the Noble Eightfold Path , in Mahayana Buddhism this is the Bodhisattva path, striving to liberation for all sentient beings.
Practice of the retribution of enmity: to accept all suffering as the fruition of past transgressions, without enmity or complaint. Practice of the acceptance of circumstances: to remain unmoved even by good fortune, recognizing it as evanescent. Practice of the absence of craving: to be without craving, which is the source of all suffering.
This causes the deva eventual suffering. Being situated in the human world exposes one to disease, impurities, exposure to impermanence and a non-self (anātman). The animal realm is a place for those who have tormented animals and will receive the same treatment. The asura are in this realm as well and wage war against the deva.
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Etymologically, kāya means "body," sakkāya means "existing body," and diṭṭhi means "view" (here implying a wrong view, as exemplified by the views in the table below). In general, "belief in an individual self" or, more simply, "self view" refers to a "belief that in one or other of the khandhas there is a permanent entity, an attā ."