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===general abbreviations===
[[Samsara]] ([['khor ba]]): the wheel or round of existence; the state of being unenlightened in which the mind, enslaved by the three poisons of desire, anger and ignorance, evolves uncontrolled from one state to another, passing through an endless stream of psycho-physical experiences all of which are characterized by suffering. It is only when one has realized the empty nature of phenomena et dispelled all mental obscurations that one can free oneself from samsara. [MR]
*SA - see also
[[Category: Key Terms]]
 
* pf - (past perfect) past completed
*imp - imperative
 
===list of contributors===
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*[[ASP]] Adam Pearcey
*[[CJD]] Cortland Dahl
*[[GD]] Gyurme Dorje
*[[IW]] Ives Waldo
*[[JV]] Jim Valby
*[[KHS]] Kent Sandvik
*[[MR]] Matthieu Ricard
*[[NT]] Nalanda Translation Committee
*[[RB]] Richard Barron
*[[RWB]] Richard Babcock
*[[RY]] Rangjung Yeshe Dictionary (compiled by Erik Pema Kunsang)
*[[THD]] Thomas Hove Doctor
*[[TSD]] Thomas Sherab Drime
 
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Latest revision as of 20:17, 14 January 2006

Samsara ('khor ba): the wheel or round of existence; the state of being unenlightened in which the mind, enslaved by the three poisons of desire, anger and ignorance, evolves uncontrolled from one state to another, passing through an endless stream of psycho-physical experiences all of which are characterized by suffering. It is only when one has realized the empty nature of phenomena et dispelled all mental obscurations that one can free oneself from samsara. [MR]

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