English Translations of The Term Bhavacakra
The term bhavacakra has been translated into English as:
- Wheel of becoming
- Wheel of cyclic existence
- Wheel of existence
- Wheel of life
- Wheel of rebirth
- Wheel of saṃsāra
- Wheel of suffering
- Wheel of transformation
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