Samsara – The cycle of birth and death; samsara binds the atman to this physical, illusory existence

(Pronounced sam-sahr-uh)

To remember the meaning of the Hindu term Samsara, use the following mnemonic:

Samson was lost in the Sahara (samsara) on his cycle - exhausted and with no water, he was fading fast and it looked like it was the end of his current cycle of birth and death.