paticca-samuppada

• Paticca-samuppada

  Dependent arising.
• Dependent arising


  The idea that all things arise in dependence upon conditions.
• The Tibetan Wheel of Life

  An image that symbolises samsara.
• Samsara


  The endless cycle of birth and suffering and death and rebirth
• Nidanas

  12 factors which illustrate samsara (found on the Tibetan Wheel of Life).
• Nibbana

  A state of complete enlightenment, happiness and peace.
• Nirvana

  Sanskrit for the state of enlightenment for Buddhists.
• Wheel of Life - inner hub


  Three Poisons - ignorance, greed and hatred.
• Wheel of Life - second layer


  Kamma
• Wheel of Life - third layer

  Samsara.
• The demon figure over the Wheel of Life

  Impermanence - nothing lasts forever.
• The moon above the Wheel of Life

  Liberation or freedom from samsara.
• The Buddha pointing towards the white circle on the Wheel of Life


  Shows the idea that it is possible for people to become free from samsara.