The Symbolism of the Tibetan Wheel of Life
Sangharakshita ( 1972 )
Part of the series Creative Symbols of the Tantric Path to Enlightenment
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- 1 Introduction 09:29
- 2 What is the Tantra? What is a symbol? 07:14
- 3 Historical development of the Tantra 05:23
- 4 The hub and second circle of the Wheel of Life 04:41
- 5 The third circle of the Wheel of Life 10:24
- 6 The outer circle and outside the Wheel 03:34
- 7 The Wheel of Life as a mirror 10:58
- 8 The Six Worlds 06:49
- 9 The Buddha of the World of the Gods 06:27
- 10 The Buddha of the World of the Ashuras 07:20
- 11 The Buddhas of the World of Pretas and the World of Tormented Beings 04:07
- 12 The Buddhas of the World of the Animals and the World of Men 02:41
- 13 Good seeds, bad seeds, and Buddha seeds of the Six Worlds 08:13
- 14 A final look into the mirror 06:51
Talk Details
The Wheel of Life, described here in all its wealth of detail, is not really a painting but a mirror, giving one successively more profound insights into yourself, and revealing the next step in escaping the endless round.
Talk given in 1971.
