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- Ananda (Chinese: 阿難, A Nan or 阿難陀, A Nan Tuo) was one of the ten great disciples and a devout attendant of the Buddha. He was renowned ...12 KB (1,953 words) - 18:58, 26 July 2023
- kill the patriarch. If you meet an arhat, kill the arhat. If you meet your parents, kill your parents. If you meet your kinfolk, kill your kinfolk ...11 KB (1,818 words) - 23:42, 11 March 2025
- the individual enlightenment (nirvana) of an arhat, and vows to remain in this world in order to aid in the awakening (bodhi) of all beings. This ...19 KB (2,890 words) - 03:34, 3 November 2025
- Gandharvas (from the Sanskrit: गंधर्व, gandharva, possibly meaning "fragrances") refers to a group of low-ranking male ...10 KB (1,584 words) - 17:05, 13 May 2025
- The Three Jewels (also called the Three Treasures or Triple Gem) are three religious vows that are made in the process of becoming a Buddhist ...14 KB (2,028 words) - 23:03, 30 April 2023
- . The tradition's ideal, the arhat, represents a monk/nun who has successfully followed the historical Buddha's teachings, which allow ...32 KB (4,844 words) - 18:28, 30 April 2023
- entered by an Awakened Being (Buddha) or "arhat" (Pali: arahant) at the moment of physical death, when the mundane skandhas (constituent elements ...14 KB (2,227 words) - 01:34, 1 July 2025
- achieve Buddhahood, Wùjìng becomes an arhat, the dragon is made a Naga ... Wùjìng eventually becomes an Arhat at the end of the journey, placing ...24 KB (3,989 words) - 17:15, 24 February 2025
- The following particulars for each Arhat are given below: {| class="wikitable" ! Tirthankar ! Heaven ! Birthplace;Consecration ...12 KB (1,718 words) - 17:11, 30 September 2021
- who died just short of attaining the state of Arhat. They guard and protect Buddhism on earth, and will pass into enlightenment as Arhats when they ...16 KB (2,600 words) - 10:11, 29 January 2024
- ;Tiě Luó Hàn (鉄羅漢): Iron Arhat in Chinese, a Si Da Ming Cong. ;Bái Jī Guān (白鸡冠): White Cockscomb in Chinese, a Si Da Ming Cong ...14 KB (2,181 words) - 15:05, 31 August 2025
- Thailand and Laos. Legend has it that he was an arhat from Sri Lanka, who achieved great supernormal powers through his own merits and meditation. He ...15 KB (2,371 words) - 20:40, 7 March 2025
- A siddha (Sanskrit: Meaning, "one who is accomplished") refers to perfected spiritual masters who have transcended the ahamkara (ego ...15 KB (2,229 words) - 20:06, 21 April 2023
- Hīnayāna (Chinese: 小乘 Xiǎochèng; Korean: 소승 Soseung; Japanese: Shōjō; Vietnamese: Tiểu thừa, Tibetan: theg chung, Mongolian: ...19 KB (2,980 words) - 20:29, 17 July 2024
- Avalokiteshvara in a teaching for the great arhat Shariputra, given before multitude of beings, on request of Buddha Shakyamuni. After the teaching ...18 KB (2,673 words) - 01:18, 16 January 2023
- The Shaolin Monastery or Shaolin Temple ( c=少林寺 |p=Shàolínsì ), is a Chan Buddhist temple at Song Shan in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province ...18 KB (2,761 words) - 21:14, 16 June 2023
- On their journey via Tokharestan and Kashgar, an arhat predicted that he had a bright future and would introduce many people to Buddhism: ...20 KB (3,105 words) - 04:38, 4 March 2023
- Zhejiang ( c=浙江|p=Zhèjiāng ) is a province of the People's Republic of China located along the country's southeastern coast. It ...22 KB (3,044 words) - 05:58, 13 June 2023
- as a convert to Buddhism: he became an arhat with relics enshrined in ... Panha, which explain that he became a Buddhist arhat: "And afterwards ...61 KB (8,976 words) - 17:30, 28 November 2024
- purpose of life for Theravadins is to become an arhat, a perfected saint who has achieved nirvana and will not be reborn again. As a result, this "Southern ...22 KB (3,334 words) - 03:51, 18 August 2023
