Wheel of Life (Bhavachakra)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Wheel_of_Life_(Bhavachakra)
GPTKB entity
Statements (35)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf symbol
Buddhist painting
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:Bhavachakra
gptkb:Wheel_of_Becoming
gptkbp:BuddhaPointsTo moon (liberation)
gptkbp:centerDepicts gptkb:Dragon
gptkb:bird
gptkb:meat
gptkbp:centralTo three poisons
gptkbp:depictedIn gptkb:frescoes
thangka paintings
gptkbp:depicts samsara
six realms of existence
twelve links of dependent origination
cycle of birth and death
gptkbp:foundIn Buddhist monasteries
temple entrances
gptkbp:heldBy gptkb:Yama
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wheel of Life (Bhavachakra)
gptkbp:languageOfOrigin gptkb:Sanskrit
gptkbp:originatedIn ancient India
gptkbp:outerCircleDepicts gptkb:twelve_nidanas
gptkbp:outermostFigure gptkb:Buddhism
gptkbp:purpose teaching tool
gptkbp:symbolizes impermanence
rebirth
suffering
gptkbp:teaches gptkb:law_of_karma
Buddhist cosmology
cycle of existence
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Mahayana_Buddhism
gptkb:Theravada_Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Twelve_Nidanas
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5