Saṃsāra (Jainism)

Saṃsāra is described as mundane existence, a life full of suffering and misery, and hence it is considered undesirable and worth renunciation.

The Saṃsāra is without any beginning, and the soul finds itself in bondage with its karma since the beginning-less time.

According to the Jain text Tattvartha Sutra:(There are two kinds of influx, namely) that of persons with passions, which extends transmigration, and that of persons free from passions, which prevents or shortens it.Activities that lead to the influx of karmas (asrava) which extends transmigration are:[2] Jain texts prescribe meditation on twelve forms of reflection (bhāvanā) for those who wish to stop the above described asrava.

It has been described in one of the Jain text, Sarvārthasiddhi as:Transmigration is the attainment of another birth by the self owing to the ripening of karmas.

He, who wanders in the endless cycle of births and deaths, undergoing millions of afflictions in innumerable wombs and families, takes different relationships such as father, brother, son, grandson, etc, or mother, sister, wife, daughter and so on, being propelled by the mechanism of karmas.