Arhat

The Tibetans translate the Sanskrit term arhat, a liberated being, as foe-destroyer, someone who has destroyed the inner foes. ❋ Unknown (2006)

There are three purified states (byang-chub, Skt. bodhi) – those of a shravaka arhat, a pratyekabuddha arhat, and a bodhisattva arhat or Buddha. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The purified states are those of an arhat (liberated being) – either a shravaka arhat or pratyekabuddha arhat – or that of an enlightened being (bodhisattva arhat, Buddha). ❋ Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche II (2006)

Progressing through the five pathway minds as Hinayana practitioners, we become either a resultant abider shravaka arhat or a resultant abider pratyekabuddha arhat, rid of the emotional obscurations. ❋ Unknown (2006)

There are three purified states (byang-chub, Skt. bodhi) – that of a shravaka arhat, a pratyekabuddha arhat, and a bodhisattva arhat or Buddha. ❋ Unknown (2002)

This mid-14th century wood sculpture depicts an "arhat," a spiritual practitioner who has attained a high degree of enlightenment. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This state is also called arhatship, the condition of an arhat, meaning originally a worthy or venerable man, and the person enjoying it is alive. ❋ Charles Eliot (1896)

Only during the temporal interval of the “no-longer-happening, on our mental continuum, of karmic tendencies that have the ability to give rise to our further samsaric rebirths” is the “never-happened of our further samsaric rebirths, once we have become an arhat” a valid phenomenon on our mental continuum and validly knowable. ❋ Unknown (2009)

No flattering symbolism for me: My arhat was a bare-chested, bug-eyed ruffian. ❋ Unknown (2007)

That entire range of attainments, from that of an arya, through that of an arhat, to that of a Buddha, constitutes the Dharma refuge. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Thinking of the importance of this precious working basis that we have, we can achieve with it all the purified states of bodhi: namely the purified states of an arhat or liberated being of either the shravaka or pratyekabuddha class, or the purified state of a Buddha. ❋ Unknown (2009)

During the temporal interval shared in common, on our mental continuum, by both the “present-happening of karmic tendencies on our mental continuum that have the ability to give rise to our further samsaric rebirths” and the “not-yet-happening of further samsaric rebirths,” the “never-happened of our further samsaric rebirths, once we have become an arhat” is an invalid phenomenon on our mental continuum and cannot be validly cognized. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Consider the “never-happened of something that could have happened, once the causes for it have been purified away by opponent forces” – for instance, further samsaric rebirths on our mental continuum, once we have become an arhat, a liberated being. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Buddhist monks dedicate their lives (and their future incarnations) to the benefit of all sentient beings, either through enlightenment and attainment of nirvana (wherein they can manifest in many forms in order to be of aid and comfort), or through becoming an arhat and remaining in samsara (cyclic existence) to spread the dharma and teach others how to reach their own enlightenment. ❋ Jlundberg (2008)

In Theravada, the ideal Buddhist is an arhat a saint who has achieved enlightenment. ❋ MARY MURRAY BOSROCK (2007)

[Arhat] [went] to the [park] today ❋ Tallestarhat (2021)

[Man] you're being such an [arhat] ❋ Jenniferlopezzzzah (2016)

He is [so good] no [wonder] he's Arhat ❋ Hehe201 (2021)