Jati (Buddhism)

Translations of Jāti
English	birth
Pali	Jāti
Sanskrit	Jāti
Burmese	ဇာတိ (IPA: [zàtḭ])
Chinese	生 (Pinyin: shēng)
Japanese	shō
Shan	ၸႃႇတီႉ ([tsaa2 ti5])
Sinhala
Tibetan	skyed.ba
Vietnamese	sinh
Glossary of Buddhism

In Buddhism, Jāti (the Sanskrit and Pāli word for "birth") refers to the arising of a new living entity within saṃsāra (cyclic existence).

Jāti is identified with the Buddhist teachings in the following contexts:

Within the teachings on the Four Noble Truths, jāti is identified as an aspect of dukkha (suffering). For example, The Discourse That Sets Turning the Wheel of Truth states:

Ajahn Sucitto explains the difficulty or suffering (dukkha) involved in birth from the Buddhist point of view:

Jāti is the eleventh of the Twelve Nidānas, is conditioned by becoming (bhava), and is the condition for the arising of old age and death (jarāmaraṇa) in a living being. That is, once a being is born, it will necessarily grow old and eventually die.

In traditional Buddhist thought, there are four forms of birth:

Jāti is identified within the Buddha's first discourse, The Discourse That Sets Turning the Wheel of Truth, as an aspect of dukkha (suffering):

Elsewhere in the canon the Buddha further elaborates:

The canon additionally attributes to King Yama a mundane encapsulation of birth's suffering:

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