Samsara
saṃsāra
Cosmology
The cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. All beings are bound in samsara until they achieve moksha. The Gita describes how attachment and desire perpetuate the cycle.
Verses Mentioning This Concept
BG 4.16
Wisdom and Renunciation of Action
4.16 What is action? What is inaction? As to this even the wise are confused. Therefore I shall teach thee such action (the nature of …
BG 8.21
The Imperishable Absolute
8.21 What is called the Unmanifested and the Imperishable, That they say is the highest goal. They who reach It do not return (to this …
BG 12.7
The Yoga of Devotion
12.7 To those whose minds are set on Me, O Arjuna, verily I become ere long the saviour out of the ocean of Samsara.