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In Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism the Wheel of Life is a symbolic representation of samsara, the continuous cycle of birth,
life, death. One is liberated from this endless
cycle of rebirth when Enlightenment is achieved, and with this goal, the Awakened individual has won Nirvana, moksha, samadhi, etc., the highest state of bliss that was long a part of Vedic tradition and continued into Buddhism with
Gautama Buddha and Jainism
with Mahavira.
Liberation is the central goal of all three of the Dharmic religions.
The symbol below illustrates the basic wheel of life. More elaborate versions of this motif have been included in much of the
art of these faiths.
In Unicode, the symbol is named "Wheel of Dharma", U+2638 (☸).
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