In Buddhism, especially in Theravada, the Pali noun cakka connotes "wheel". Within the Buddhist scriptures refferred to as the Tripitaka, Shakyamuni Buddha variously refers the "dhammacakka", or "wheel of dharma", connoting that this dharma, universal in its advocacy, should bear the marks characteristic of any temporal dispensation. Shakyamuni Buddha spoke of freedom from cycles in and of themselves, whether karmic, reincarnative, liberative, cognitive or emotional.
In! Buddhism, especially in Ther!avada, the Pali noun cakka connotes "wheel". Within the Buddhist scriptures refferred to as the Tripitaka, Shakyamuni Buddha variously refers the "dhammacakka", or "wheel of dharma", connoting that this dharma, universal in its advocacy, should bear the marks characteristic of any temporal dispensation. Shakyamuni Buddha spoke of freedom from cycles in and of th,emselves, whether karmic, reincarnative, liberative, cognitive or emotional.