Dharma Chakra

Dharma chakra

medium: watercolor

painting size:24×20 inches

Meaning of Dharma Wheels

Dharma wheel has three basic parts i.e. the hub, the rim and the spokes.

*Inside the chakra, the round shape i.e. circle actually represents the attainment of true Dharma or basically attaining the true teachings of Buddhism.

*The rim is the representation of meditation. Mindfulness and concentration are balanced by the Rim of the chakra.

*The spokes in Dharma Chakra may signify different things depending upon its numbers.

1)One of the rarest, four spoke Dharma wheel. When the wheel has four spokes, then it signifies Four Noble Truths.

The four truths are 1)The Truth of Suffering, 2)The Truth of the Cause of Suffering, 3)The Truth of the End of Suffering, and 4)The Truth of the Path that Leads to the End of Sufferingc.

2)Eight Spoke Dharma Wheel – This is the common Dharma wheel which has 8 spokes which represents Noble Eightfold Paths or Middle Way. They are right view, right intention, right speech , right action, right livehood, right effort, right concentration right mindfulness,

3)Ten Spoke Dharma Wheel – Or Simply saying, represents ten directions:

North, South, East, West, Northeast (Ishan), Southeast(Agneya), Southwest (Nirutya),Northwest (Vayaya), space and patal.

4)12 spoke shows Time.

5)24 spoke In a chakra. we also call it Ashokchakra. which shows 24 religious path

Christi, health, peace, sacrifice, morality, service, forgiveness, love,friendship,fraternity,organization, welfare, prosperity, industry, safety, awareness, equality, Eartha, policy, justice, cooperation, duty, rights, wisdom

6) 31 Spoke Dharma wheel represents of the Thirty One Realms of Existence that can be only found in ancient Buddhist cosmology.