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Samsara
Welcome to my blog, I thought I'd make use of this facility although I'm not sure if anybody will read it.
For my first post I shall give a brief explanation to the meaning of samsara and my reason for choosing it in the title of my book, The Wheels of Samsara.
Samsara is a Sanskrit word pertaining to the endlessly repeating cycle of birth, life and death i.e. reincarnation. A person's current life is only one of many lives that will be lived—stretching back before birth into past existences and reaching forward beyond death into future incarnations. It is a belief in all the eastern religions - Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism, Taoism etcetera.
During the course of each life, the quality of the actions performed determines the future destiny of each person. Samsara arises out of wrong knowledge about reality. Samsara is a feature of a life based on illusion. Illusion enables a person to think s/he is an autonomous being instead of recognizing the connection between one's self and the rest of reality. Believing in the illusion of separateness that persists throughout samsara leads one to act in ways that generate karma and thus perpetuate the cycle of action and rebirth. By fully grasping the unity or oneness of all things, the believer has the potential to break the illusion upon which samsara is based and achieve Moksha—liberation from samsara. The liberation from samsara is possible by following the path of yoga.
Within my book the protagonist remembers his many previous lives and also discovers the cycles of human civilisation throughout the past. It is for this reason that I chose the name wheels of samsara since life at all levels is made up of turning cycles like a wheel. Also, in my younger days I used to go raving and my favourite club night was one called Escape From Samsara at The Fridge nightclub in Brixton, south London, they played trance and techno. This was the first time I discovered the word.
If you want you can follow my on Twitter @timpyke2015 or on Instagram @timpyke.
Thanks for reading and please check review of my book at the link below, maybe it's something you've been looking for.
The Wheels of Samsara
For my first post I shall give a brief explanation to the meaning of samsara and my reason for choosing it in the title of my book, The Wheels of Samsara.
Samsara is a Sanskrit word pertaining to the endlessly repeating cycle of birth, life and death i.e. reincarnation. A person's current life is only one of many lives that will be lived—stretching back before birth into past existences and reaching forward beyond death into future incarnations. It is a belief in all the eastern religions - Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism, Taoism etcetera.
During the course of each life, the quality of the actions performed determines the future destiny of each person. Samsara arises out of wrong knowledge about reality. Samsara is a feature of a life based on illusion. Illusion enables a person to think s/he is an autonomous being instead of recognizing the connection between one's self and the rest of reality. Believing in the illusion of separateness that persists throughout samsara leads one to act in ways that generate karma and thus perpetuate the cycle of action and rebirth. By fully grasping the unity or oneness of all things, the believer has the potential to break the illusion upon which samsara is based and achieve Moksha—liberation from samsara. The liberation from samsara is possible by following the path of yoga.
Within my book the protagonist remembers his many previous lives and also discovers the cycles of human civilisation throughout the past. It is for this reason that I chose the name wheels of samsara since life at all levels is made up of turning cycles like a wheel. Also, in my younger days I used to go raving and my favourite club night was one called Escape From Samsara at The Fridge nightclub in Brixton, south London, they played trance and techno. This was the first time I discovered the word.
If you want you can follow my on Twitter @timpyke2015 or on Instagram @timpyke.
Thanks for reading and please check review of my book at the link below, maybe it's something you've been looking for.
The Wheels of Samsara
