The Bhavachakra, the Wheel of Life or Wheel of Becoming, is a mandala - a complex picture representing the Buddhist view of the universe. To Buddhists, existence is a cycle of life, death ...

The realms, or states of reincarnation, of the Buddhist universe are depicted in a diagram known as the Bhavachakra, the Wheel of Life or Wheel of Becoming. See the wheel explained in this gallery.

The ancient Buddhist site of Sarnath, where Buddha preached his first sermons and set in motion the wheel of Law (maha dharmachaka pravartan), is yet to get a place in UNESCO list. The records ...