Samsara is the world we inhabit and take for granted. I'd rather make it the object of inquiry than "the universe". The study I want is samsara qua samsara.
How the word moved
In Jul 2018, in Epistrons, I said I like to start with the world, or what Indians call samsara. In Jun 2019 it was the subject of The Form of the World. By Jun 2020 I was asking for a first science of worlds, and samsara was its object.
In my words
"I like to start with the world, or what Indians call samsara." (2018-07-20 Epistrons The Design of Knowledge (2).md)
"Or to use an Indian turn of phrase: the study of 'samsara qua samsara'"
from The Weltist, 20 Jun 2020