Wheel of Life illustrates the essence of Buddhist teachings, the Four Noble Truths. The Wheel of Life describes the cause of evil and its effects. The Wheel of Life portrays the twelve interwoven and their consequences to rebirth in one of the Six Worlds (the worlds of gods, titans, humans, animals, hell and hungry ghosts).
Wheel of Life is held by the Monster of Impermanence, the symbol of transitory nature of all earthly phenomena.
The top left corner of the poster depicts Avalokiteshwora, the Lord of Compassion. The top right corner depicts a Buddha figure, the symbol of potential Nirvana.
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Nirvana... and then human like creation, with super powers, like deity's so that it's easier for them to get to Nirvana, though this realm is really dangerous because you could get carried away, and use all your good deeds and later go to the lowest of all worlds... and then humans... and then Asuras, these people share the same world with the deity's, just like the way we share with the animals... my grandmother says, they're very much like the deity's, in fact they're much better than the humans, and yet they suffer from their own jealousy... that's what puts you there... jealousy... and then there's the animals... and then the Hungry Ghosts... the Hungry Ghost Festival just passed, and accordingly, one can choose to become a Hungry Ghost in order to repent all his sins... and once he conquers all his Desires, he goes to Nirvana... and then Hell... for the worst of all creatures... a place to punish with little chance for repenting...
The Four Noble Truths...
Dukkha... Suffering itself
Samudaya... The reason behind the suffering
Nirodha... The Desires that bring one towards Suffering
Marga... Eightfold path, which ends with do good... the way to destroy and truly end suffering(happiness apparently doesn't count)
If you're really, really interested, try googling or searching for "Sutta Pitaka", "Vinaya Pitaka" and... "Abhidhamma Pitaka" for light reading... or Tipitaka... which actually means... three baskets, I guess... there are translated versions from Pali, but the direct translation ones, though they don't really make sense grammatically, has a soothing effect at times...
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