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2020-03-30 22:07:55

有轮(梵语:भवचक्र,转写:bhava-chakra;巴利语:भवचक्क,转写:bhava-chakka;藏语:.mw-parser-output .uchen{font-family:"Qomolangma-Dunhuang","Qomolangma-Uchen Sarchen","Qomolangma-Uchen Sarchung","Qomolangma-Uchen Suring","Qomolangma-Uchen Sutung","Qomolangma-Title","Qomolangma-Subtitle","Qomolangma-Woodblock","DDC Uchen","DDC Rinzin",Kailash,"BabelStone Tibetan",Jomolhari,"TCRC Youtso Unicode","Tibetan Machine Uni",Wangdi29,"Noto Sans Tibetan","Microsoft Himalaya"}.mw-parser-output .ume{font-family:"Qomolangma-Betsu","Qomolangma-Chuyig","Qomolangma-Drutsa","Qomolangma-Edict","Qomolangma-Tsumachu","Qomolangma-Tsuring","Qomolangma-Tsutong","TibetanSambhotaYigchung","TibetanTsugRing","TibetanYigchung"}སྲིད་པའི་འཁོར་ལོ་,威利:srid pa'i 'khor lo,THL:sipé khorlo;朝鲜语:유륜/有輪 yu-ryun;越南语:hữu luân/.mw-parser-output .han-nom{font-family:"Nom Na Tong","Han-Nom Gothic","Han-Nom Ming","HAN NOM A","HAN NOM B","Ming-Lt-HKSCS-UNI-H","Ming-Lt-HKSCS-ExtB","FZKaiT-Extended","FZKaiT-Extended(SIP)","FZKaiS-Extended","FZKaiS-Extended(SIP)","Sun-ExtA","Sun-ExtB","MingLiU","MingLiU-ExtB","MingLiU_HKSCS","MingLiU_HKSCS-ExtB","SimSun","SimSun-ExtB",sans-serif} 有輪),又称生命之轮、生死轮、六道轮回图(六道或作五道,道也可写为趣〔通趋〕;日语:六道絵);佛教术语,是对佛教轮回观(英语:Saṃsāra_(Buddhism))的一种表现形式,将三界六道轮回描述为车轮状,众生在轮中流转不息,无有出期,又加以策励修行的偈语,以达到教化的作用。有轮也是藏传佛教中唐卡的一项重要主题。

“有轮”中的“有”是指三界六道的有情众生。六道众生因轮回业报而相续流转,在六道之间生死不息,犹如轮转,故以车轮譬喻,通过绘画等表现方式来教导有缘众生深信因果,皈依三宝,止恶行善,如法修行,早登涅槃。

今日通常在藏传佛教的唐卡、壁画艺术中较多见,但并非藏传佛教的独创,实际上是来自释迦牟尼佛陀的教诲。据《根本说一切有部毗奈耶·三十四卷》记载,佛陀“敕诸苾刍(比丘),于寺门屋下画生死轮”,并指出要依次绘画出:五道、四大部洲、佛像;以鸽蛇猪表贪嗔痴三毒;再画十二因缘,各有形象,如孕女表生、老人表老等;最后要以无常大鬼抱住有轮,并在侧边写下偈陀:

在藏文大藏经里,也有同样的记载,这首偈陀的汉译为:

现代考古发现,印度阿旃陀石窟第17窟中有“五趣(趋)生死轮”的壁画。汉地的六道轮回图着重在于对六道的描绘,如慈云岭造像的“六道轮回图”浮雕。

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