![]() ![]() ![]() Old age and death (an old person walking with a cane). Grasping (a monkey picking fruit from a tree) Sources (an empty house with five windows and a door)įeeling (a person with an arrow in his eye) In the outer ring are the twelve links of theĬhain of dependence arising. Its constant fluctuation of pleasure and pain can theīe clearly heard and liberation attained. Totally involved in the pursuit of pleasure. The god realms are sensual heavens, where the inhabitants are The jealous gods in the upper left, suffer fromĬompetitiveness and ambition as they strive for the realization of their The denizens of this realm having huge emptyĮxtreme stupidity. The hunger ghost or preta realm in the lower left is characterized byĬraving and enormous hunger. ![]() Is characterized by the extreme suffering of the various hot and cold hells. The hell realm, in the lower part of the wheel Three higher realms, or fall to enter the three lower realms.Īre represented within the spokes of the wheel. In the next circle beings rise to enter the Three creatures chase and bite each others tails, giving rise to the endless (hatred and aggression), and a black pig (ignorance and confusion). The Lord of Death, Yama, holds the wheel ofĮxistence between his teeth, hands and feet.Īt the centre of the wheel are three poisonousĭelusions represented by a red cockerel (passion and lust), a green snake The Wheel of Life is a presentation of theīuddhist teaching on the suffering and impermanence of cyclic existence. ( as it is presented at the Tibetian Mandala ![]()
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