Most representations of Bhavachakra show a wrathful being, a ferocious and scary creature that holds in his grasp a great wheel. Instead, it is to remind them of the fundamental principles that affect their daily lives. It is not their to make them believe and follow, or to make them loyal or to follow the commands given by their instructors. It is there to remind people of its practical meaning, as a way for the lay people who are not yet in the higher aspects of the teaching to remember what they are learning and how it affects their personal lives.
In other words, this symbol is not there to make people believe something it is not there to scare people. It is commonly painted on a wall very big-as big as they have room for-with the purpose of reminding the public of the fundamentals of the psychological and philosophical doctrine that the Buddha taught. This symbol can be found inside the antechamber or the foyer of every Tibetan Buddhist temple in the world, and in many other temples, especially Mahayana temples such as in China, Japan, Korea, and countries like this we can find variations of this teaching everywhere. Therefore, Bhavachakra means “Wheel of Becoming.” The second part of Bhavachakra is चक्र chakra, which means “wheel.” The word Bhava comes from भू bhū, "to become." So, bhava implies an attitude or state of being that is “becoming” or in constant change. The first part of the word is भाव Bhava, which means “attitude, state, nature,” not nature outside with trees, plants, and animals, but the nature of a thing, its innate, intrinsic, inherent nature. In fact, the name Bhavachakra has a very important bearing on the concept or understanding of what is reality. It expresses universal truths, not religious doctrines, but truths, reality. In this tradition, which we call the Gnostic tradition, we study the roots of all ancient religions, and we can see all religions in this symbol, that all religions correspond to it, that it is an universal symbol. Thus, the teaching of the Bhavachakra is much more ancient even then “Buddhism,” and it has great significance for us.
He only pointed out what had been lost and forgotten. Therefore, the Buddha Shakyamuni did not invent anything. "I have seen an ancient Path, an ancient road traversed by the rightly enlightened ones of former times." - Buddhism. Many people say that Buddha Shakyamuni invented this symbol as part of the teachings he gave around 2,500 years ago. Those names fail to point out the primary message of this important symbol.
It is important for anyone that is very serious about their spiritual progress to understand that real name and what it implies, because to say “the Wheel of Samsara,” or “the wheel of cyclic existence,” or “the wheel of suffering” is actually inaccurate. It has many names, but the real name is भावचक्र Bhavachakra. Commonly, publicly, this symbol is called the Wheel of Samsara, the Wheel of Life, the Wheel of Suffering, the Wheel of Destiny, etc. In fact, it is even present in western traditions, but under different faces and names. Today we are going to talk about one of the most important symbols in Asian history, a symbol most known in the Buddhist traditions, but that has some relevance in all Asian philosophy.
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