Samsara

samsara lit. ‘through motion’; transmigration; the perpetual cycle of repeated birth and death in which souls pass from one body to the next within the material world according to their desires, pushed by the forces of time, karma, and material nature. The soul may assume the form of an inanimate object, a plant, an animal, a human form, or a heavenly form such as that of god or sage. Souls wander indefinitely around this wheel of samsara until they attain the association of souls who are engaged in the Lord’s service and surrender to the Lord. Samsara also connotes the material world itself, the range of experiences the soul undergoes within it, esp. suffering, and the pursuit of worldly happiness, esp. that of family life.

— books Sri Sri Prema-vivarta / Glossary

«There is no other remedy for the soul in the Age of Kali. Through these hidden truths about the Name, the soul can cross over samsara.

— books Sri Sri Prema-vivarta / Chapter 19. A Collection of Hidden Truths about the Name