Editing Bhavacakra (section)

===Second layer: karma===
The second layer of the wheel shows two-half circles:
* One half-circle (usually light) shows contented people moving upwards to higher states, possibly to the higher realms.
* The other half-circle (usually dark) shows people in a miserable state being led downwards to lower states, possibly to the lower realms.

These images represent [[Karma in Buddhism|karma]], the law of cause and effect. The light half-circle indicates people experiencing the results of positive actions. The dark half-circle indicates people experiencing the results of negative actions.<ref name="HHDL_hub"/>

Ringu Tulku states:
:We create karma in three different ways, through actions that are positive, negative, or neutral. When we feel kindness and love and with this attitude do good things, which are beneficial to both ourselves and others, this is positive action. When we commit harmful deeds out of equally harmful intentions, this is negative action. Finally, when our motivation is indifferent and our deeds are neither harmful or beneficial, this is neutral action. The results we experience will accord with the quality of our actions.<ref>Ringu Tulku (2005), p. 31.</ref>

Propelled by their karma, beings take rebirth in the six realms of samsara, as shown in the next layer of the circle.