Samsara
Updated 2026-08-04
INTRODUCTION
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CORE DEFINITION
A concept shared across Indian religious traditions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, describing continuous rebirth within the realms of existence. Rebirth is propelled by karma, the accumulated force of action and intention, and release comes only through liberation, called moksha in Hindu traditions and nirvana in Buddhism. Used as a psychological model, the image names the repetition compulsion: the same conflicts, relationships, and failures recur because the underlying response pattern has not changed. The traditions generally hold that present effort can redirect the process, so the cycle is not fixed fate.
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
Reduce cognitive load
- Pattern detection: list the situations you keep ending up in and look for your own constant. - Script reading: identify the recurring role you play rather than blaming each new counterpart. - Loop exit: change your response pattern instead of changing the setting you repeat it in.
Anchor fast decisions
A pattern persists because the response that produces it is reinforced by short-term relief, while the cost arrives later and is attributed to circumstances or other people. Changing the setting removes the visible symptom briefly but leaves the response intact, so the same configuration reassembles with new participants. Breaking the cycle requires interrupting the response itself, which is why insight rather than relocation is the operative move.
MINIMUM ACTION
In progress 0/1Practice this model in one real situation:
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- zh.wikipedia.orghttps://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%BD%AE%E5%9B%9Everified
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