Yet, they remain distracted by worldly pleasure, and unaware of the pain and suffering they will go through when their celestial life end and they fall to lower realms.Īdjacent to the representation of the celestial world of devas or gods is the realm of asura or demi-gods. On the top is the realm of the gods or celestial beings who enjoy temporary happiness and pleasure. The third layer has the wheel divided into six parts to indicate the six realms of sentient beings. Those ascending on the virtuous path are portrayed as morally good people while those falling are depicted as evil and morally impoverished. The former is the white righteous path of virtue and the latter the dark evil path of non-virtue. The second layer has two parts: one part on the left side of the wheel with pious people ascending upward in order to indicate that positive actions leads to higher rebirth and existence, and another part on the right with people falling downward. The animals chase each other in a circle and are connected in order to illustrate how the three poisons feed into each other. The three defiling features of the mind – attachment, hatred and ignorance – are known as three poisons and the three animals, which represent them, are believed to possess these three poisons in an intense form in the Indo-Tibetan belief systems. At the centre of the wheel are three animals, a pig representing ignorance and stupidity, a snake representing hatred and aggression, and a bird symbolizing attachment and desire. The artistic depiction of the Buddhist existential theory is made up of four layers. Sridpa Khorlo literally means the wheel of becoming, existence or life and shows the classic Buddhist view of life and its origination. Claimed to have been created even during the Buddha’s lifetime, this artistic representation of the Buddhist worldview and its messages of liberation and enlightenment is found at the entrance of almost all temples in Bhutan and the Buddhist Himalayas. Sipa Khorlo (སྲིད་པ་འཁོར་ལོ་) or bhavacakra is one of the most popular artistic creations in the Buddhist world.
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