The Buddha is sometimes seen turning a wheel. What does the wheel represent?

Question

The Buddha is sometimes seen turning a wheel. What does the wheel represent?

Answer 1

maybe karma

what goes around

comes around

or vice versa

Answer 2

wheel represents time change

Answer 3

IT REPRESENTS THE CONTINUITY OF LIFE...................

Answer 4

The Buddha do not turns the wheel, it would be from the Hindu the image of karmic wheel is,it would be the same or almost like that of the Wheel of Fortune, its about the resultant of ones actions in the previous live,not neccesacarily being re-birth in the reincarnations cycles, the Wheel representing the Fate, Now and the Life After, be that the rewards or punishment, just as the Heavens or h**l. That would means no ones shall rely their life and fate by a short tempered or even spontanousity reaction to the 'whatever is going on I shall join them'. Instead, the Ghost or spirits the drives the Wheeel to turn would appreciate evenly shall the 'player' would think deeply about live in general before taking any action. Karma leads dharma. This ain't NO philisophical either.thou'

Answer 5

a big pizza. Sorry, to me he is just a statue of a false idol.

Answer 6

The cycle of life and death

Answer 7

are u talking about the prayer wheels by any chance?

Prayer wheels are called Mani wheels by the Tibetans. A prayer wheel is a wheel on a spindle, and on the wheel are written or encapsulated prayers or mantras. According to the Tibetan Buddhist belief, spinning such a wheel will have much the same effect as orally reciting the prayers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_whee...

Answer 8

the more times somebody turning the wheel, the more sins of that persons omitted from life.

Answer 9

The wheel represents the constant change of life, the never ending cycle of samsara.  By recognizing that  we are ignorant of samsara a Buddha becomes awakened and thus breaks the cycle of suffering

Answer 10

This is often depicted on relief sculptures. These reliefs were used to teach people who were illiterate about the Buddhist faith, much as Early Christians used murals to teach those who could not read..

Answer 11

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