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 | | The Arahant is an enlightened disciple of the Samma Sambuddha. | | | : The Arahant is an enlightened disciple of the Samma Sambuddha. | | | So too, All Buddhas (including Pacceka Buddhas) are arahants, but not all arahants are Buddhas. |
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http://www.buddhasvillage.com/BuddhasVillage/bvforum/messages/1482.html
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| | Is Theravada Buddhism for Arahantship Ony? |
| | Arahants are also called Savakas or Disciples; they are subdivided into Aggasavaka (the Best Disciples), Mahasavaka (the Great Disciples) and Pakatisavaka (the Ordinary Disciples). | | | The enlightenment of the Buddhas is the best, that of Pacceka-Buddhas is inferior to the enlightenment of the Buddhas, but is superior to the enlightenment of the Arahants, and the enlightenment of the Arahants is the lowest of them all. | | | According to Theravada Buddhist teachings, an arahant is a person who has reached the fourth and highest stage of enlightenment. |
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| | BANNER OF THE ARAHANTS |
| | The word Arahant, one who is Enlightened after hearing and practising the teachings of a Buddha, will be defined in more detail in Chapter Two. | | | The Buddhism practised in south and south-east Asia nearest to the form taught by the Buddha. | | | Most Arahants have been monks or nuns and the robes, which they wear, are their ‘banner’. |
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http://www.abhidhamma.org/arahants00.htm
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| | Buddhist Saints: The Sixteen Arahants, Luohans, Arakan, Rakan |
| | Thus, for example, the first of them, Pindola Bharadvaja, is said to reside with 1,000 of his disciples in Aparagodani, to the west; the second, Kanakavatsa, with 500 disciples, in Kashmir in the north; the tenth, Panthaka, with 1,300 disciples, in the Heaven of the 33 Gods. | | | The Sixteen Arahants are 'saints' or sages who have fully realized for themselves the Buddhist Doctrine, and have attained freedom from the cycle of suffering and rebirth. | | | These 16 Arahants distinguished by the Buddha formed part of the 500 claimed by tradition to have attended the First Council in Rajagrha: there they vowed to renounce Nirvana in order to devote themselves more effectively to the relief of human misery, like the Bodhisattvas. |
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http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/14286/20010703/www.buddhanet.net/history/arhats.htm
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| | Sunnataram Forest Monastery |
| | Walking meditation with the Relics of the Buddha and 4 main Arahants. | | | Enshrining the Relics of the Buddha and Arahants in the Top sections of the Gratitude Pagoda. | | | Ceremony to enshrine the Relics of the Buddha and the 4 main Arahants in the already-completed top sections of the Gratitude Pagoda. |
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| | Buddhist Councils - Ven. Rewata Dhamma |
| | Some of the monks who had heard the Buddha preach, in person were Arahants, and so by definition, 'pure ones' free from passion, ill-will and delusion and therefore, without doubt capable of retaining, perfectly the Buddha's words. | | | Indeed, it was his express wish that the Buddha always relate all of his discourses to him and although he was not yet an Arahant, he deliberately committed to memory and word for word all the Buddha's sermons with which he exhorted monks, nuns and his lay followers. | | | The combined efforts of these gifted and devoted monks made it possible for the Dhamma and Vinaya, as taught by the Buddha to be preserved in its original state. |
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http://www.urbandharma.org/udharma/councils.html
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| | The Worthy |
| | The Buddha reproved them and added that Arahants like the Venerable Kaccāyana whose senses are well subdued, are dear to both gods and men. | | | Later, when the elder related to the Buddha what had happened, the Buddha told him not to blame himself, as it was just the fruit of the novice’s past kamma. | | | When thirty forest monks came to pay their respects, the Buddha asked the Venerable Sāriputta whether he believed that cultivating and maturing the five spiritual faculties — confidence, energy, mindfulness, concentration, and wisdom — could penetrate and culminate in the deathless. |
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http://www.aimwell.org/Books/Library/Suttas/Dhammapada/07-Arahant/07-arahant.html
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| | Saints: A Universal Concept? - Beliefnet |
| | The first Buddhist saints were the arahants, the enlightened disciples of the Buddha still revered by all Buddhists. | | | Liberated sages who have completed their spiritual path are known as bodhisattvas and may also be called arahants, such as the widely known Milarepa, a 12-century Tibetan yogi, poet, and miracle worker. | | | There is a roughly equivalent "saint" concept, limited to enlightened beings, sages, and masters, often known as bodhisattvas, or spiritual heroes. |
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http://www.beliefnet.com/spirituality/saints/chart/saints_buddhist.html
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| | Ven. Acharn Mun-102 |
| | An arahant, whatever category he or she happens to be[36], is a wonderful and supreme person, both to himself and to the three realms of existence. | | | 'You are one of the arahants who have eradicated the seeds of birth from the mind and have thereby become a person without the seeds of becoming and birth, another object of worship for the worlds,' said the arahant disciple who visited him in his vision. | | | After their instruction, most of the arahants who came to visit him demonstrated the manner of their complete passing away [parinibbana]. |
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http://www.bdcu.org.au/BDDR/bddr12no7/Mun102.htm
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| | E-sangha, Buddhist Forum and Buddhism Forum > Arahants |
| | Clearly, an Arahant who was a monk could not possibly live without reverence for the Vinaya rules laid down by the Buddha. | | | Once, the Buddha was staying at the retreat in 'Sraavastii, expounding the Dharma for gods, humans, nagas, and demons. |
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| | Mahá Thupa |
| | Many devas and brahmas and nágas were present as on the day of the Buddha's Enlightenment, and ninety six crores of arahants attended the ceremony. | | | They represented one dona of the Buddha's Relics, and the Buddha had predicted that they would ultimately be placed in the Mahá Thúpa. These Relics were enshrined on the fifteenth uposatha day in the light half of the month of Ásálha, under the constellation of Uttarásálha. | | | When the Relics were placed on the couch prepared for them they assumed, as the king had desired, the form of the Buddha as he lay on his death bed. |
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| | An "arhat" (Sanskrit, also "arahat" or "arahant" (Pali); Chinese: 阿羅漢, 'aluóhàn'; Tibetan: 'dgra-bcom-pa'; Jp. | | | * Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (log in with userID "guest")Arhat Arhat Arhat Arahant ??? |
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| | Teacher of the Devas |
| | That Lord, Bahiya, is indeed an Arahant and he teaches the Dhamma for the realization of Arahantship." As a non-returner since the time of the previous Buddha, the brahma knew precisely what Bahiya needed and he spoke the succinct truth about Buddha Gotama and his teaching. | | | After death all beings, except the arahants, will be reborn in a realm and under circumstances that accords with their kamma -- their volitional actions of body, speech, and mind made in that existence or in any previous one. | | | Although "Sangha" can refer either to the community of monks or to all noble disciples, the adjective "unconquered" implies that the brahmas were admiring the Arahant monks led by the Buddha. |
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| | Buddhism - definition of Buddhism in Encyclopedia |
| | All Arahants unanimously agree that no disciplinary rule laid down by the Buddha should be changed, and no new ones should be introduced. | | | At this point, no conflict about what the Buddha taught is known to have occurred, so the teachings were divided into various parts and each was assigned to an elder and his pupils to commit to memory. |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Buddhism
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| | The word Arahant, literally ‘one who is worthy’ (to accept homage, alms food, etc.) is also used of the Buddha, who was the first of them. | | | And when his father knew that Yasa had become an Arahant and consequently could not return to a life of pleasurable indulgence he praised his son, invited the Buddha and Yasa as his attendant-Bhikkhu to his house for the meal that day. | | | Some of the other Arahants from this assembly may be among those relatively unknown enlightened elders whose verses are included in the collection known as Verses of the Elder Monks (Theragáthá - see end of this chapter). |
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| | In the 1st century BC during the reign of King Vattagamini Abhaya in Sri Lanka, Arahants convened a Dhamma Sangayana and the teachings were documented for the first time in the world albeit on palm leaves. | | | This mission was led by the King's son, the Arahant Mahinda. | | | After the Buddha's death, his disciples continued with the propagation of Buddhism. |
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http://www.newyorkbuddhist.org/the_history_of_buddhism
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| | As for Bellatthi Sisa, since he stored up rice before the ruling on hoarding was introduced and because he did it not out of greed for food, but only to save time for meditation practice, the Buddha declared that the monk was quite innocent and that he was not to be blamed. | | | Blind faith or fanatical religious beliefs have no place in the Buddha's Teaching. | | | It is not correct to say that Arahants exist after death, or do not exist after death, for Nibbana is neither eternalism nor nihilism. |
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| | Online edition of Daily News - Features |
| | When the skull of an Arahant was given to him by the Buddha himself he tried and tried but could not make his usual prediction because the Arahant was not reborn anywhere. | | | This means that the Arahant's skull had undergone the transformation as explained earlier and thereby become a sacred relic. | | | There is an important scientifically acceptable reason for this worshipfulness of the bone-relics of Buddhas and Arahants. |
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| | Sanghadana |
| | The Arahant is highly praised by the Buddha. | | | One set of robes is sufficient for the Buddha and the second set is unnecessary for him, but the Buddha has no personal preferences for any individual monk. | | | This is possible because the Noble Sangha, the true sons of the Buddha, by their powerful virtues, permeate influences and honour even today. |
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| | Life of Lord Buddha / image22b.JPG |
| | The story of the Magha Puja tells of a spontaneous pilgrimage of 1,250 fully enlightened monks (Arahants) to see Lord Buddha at the Grand Temple Veruvana in the city of Rajgarh during the full moon of Magha. | | | One thousand of the gathered monks had previously achieved Awakening upon hearing Lord Buddha's delivery of the Fire Sermon, the remaining 250 were followers of the elder monks Venerable Moggallana and Venerable Sariputta. | | | To mark this auspicious gathering, the Buddha delivered the Ovadapattimokkha, a summary of the main points of the Dhamma-Vinaya (Truth and Discipline) which the Buddha gave to the assembly before sending them out to proclaim the doctrine. |
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http://www.watflorida.org/buddhalila/pages/image22b_JPG.htm
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| | Two other Buddhist Councils of Arahants were held 100 and 236 years later respectively, again to rehearse the Word of the Buddha because attempts were being made to pollute the Pure Teachings. | | | About 83 B.C., during the reign of the pious Sinhala King, Vatta Gamani Abhaya, a Council of Arahants was held in Sri Lanka and the Tipitaka was, for the first time in the history of Buddhism, put down in writing on ola leaves. | | | But an immoral monk who had entered the Order in his old age, was the only one that rejoiced at the Buddha's death. |
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| | Jará Vagga |
| | At their funeral they were accorded all the honours due to arahants, and at the conclusion of the ceremonies the Buddha, who was present, preached this sutta to those assembled there (SNA.ii.531ff; DhA.iii.317ff; cp. | | | After the Buddha left Sáketa they continued to lead pious lives and became arahants before death. | | | The monk who lives away from the world, un-smeared by it, is independent and becomes purified. |
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| | Yatra 2001 report |
| | Thus the sangha of six arahants (including the Buddha) was formed. | | | So the Buddha spent his first rains retreat at Sarnath with 60 arahants, and he then instructed them to go out in many directions to teach pure Dhamma for the good and happiness of many, out of compassion for the world. | | | At this place the Buddha also taught the technique to Yasa, who became an arahant, and Yasa's family and friends, 54 of whom became arahants. |
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| | dhammapada26a |
| | By day shines the sun; by night shines the moon; in regalia shines the king; in meditation shines the Arahant; but the Buddha in his glory shines at all times, by day and by night. | | | He reported to the Buddha that the bhikkhus were avoiding his house. | | | I myself gave the eight garu dhammas to Maha Pajapati and she had learnt and practised the garu dhammas as required by me. I myself am her preceptor. |
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| | E-sangha, Buddhist Forum and Buddhism Forum > Arahants |
| | Jan 3 2005, 04:30 AM As I understand it Tathagata is a term usually reserved for the Buddha. | | | I seem to recall some arahants referring to themselves as tathagatas in the Theragathas, though perhaps I am mixing it up with references to tathata. |
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| | Dhammapada 26: Brahmana Vagga - Text & Translation by Ven Narada |
| | The Buddha explained that Arahants have no passions and that the Arahant concerned had been actuated by reverence for the Dhamma. | | | The Buddha explained that Arahants are not so susceptible. | | | This verse was uttered by the Buddha in connection with Arahant Sãvalã, who had to suffer long in the mother's womb. |
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| | TIPITAKA/ tipitaka.htm |
| | This First Buddhist council was held at Rajagaha, 3 months later, with Five hundreds Arahants, including Venerable Ananda and Venerable Upali who led the sessions on the Doctrine and the Discipline aspects. | | | These foremost disciples managed to arrange the Tipitaka, the Buddhist Bible, in its present form. | | | " Venerable Mahakassapa was very alarmed and organised a Council of leading Arahants to collect and rehearse the teachings of the Buddha. |
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| | AN III.71: Muluposatha Sutta |
| | They speak the truth, hold to the truth, are firm, reliable, no deceivers of the world. | | | I speak the truth, hold to the truth, am firm, reliable, no deceiver of the world. | | | "Furthermore, the disciple of the noble ones reflects thus: 'As long as they live, the Arahants -- abandoning the taking of life -- abstain from the taking of life. |
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| | Interesting Sutra |
| | Those, lord, who in time past were Arahants, fully Enlightened Ones,--all of those Exalted Ones, by abandoning the five hindrances, those corruptions of the heart that weaken insight, being well established in the four stations of mindfulness, by cultivating in very truth the seven limbs of wisdom, did attain enlightenment in the unsurpassed perfect wisdom. | | | Those who in past time were Arahants, fully Enlightened Ones,--pray, have you seen mind to mind with all those Exalted Ones (so as to say of them): "Such was the virtue of those Exalted Ones, such the teachings of those Exalted Ones, such their wisdom. | | | The Exalted One, lord, who even now is Arahant, a fully Enlightened One, by abandoning the five hindrances, those corruptions of the heart which weaken insight, he, well established in the four stations of mindfulness, by cultivating in very truth the seven limbs of wisdom, is enlightened with the unsurpassed perfect wisdom.' |
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| | Sunnataram Forest Monastery |
| | The ceremony involves the Venerables of all Buddhist Traditions to pass the Relics of the Buddha and Arahants to the most Venerable Thich Phuoc Hue, the Relics are then passed to the Relic Bearers. | | | The Enshrining ceremony of the Buddha and Arahants Relics and various other artifacts in the Statue of the Buddha. | | | The Forwarding Ceremony - Venerable Monks and honourable patrons march with the Buddha and Arahants Relics three rounds before placing the Relics in the receiving tables to be enshrined. |
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| | Buddhism for Young Students |
| | In the first century of the Buddhist Era, two Buddhist councils were held to protect and preserve the purity of Buddha's teachings. | | | The purpose of the Council was to fix the doctrine and the discipline as taught and laid down by the Buddha. | | | radition tells us that the First Council was held by 500 Arahants (saints or enlightened persons) at Rajagri (Rajagaha) city three months after the Buddha's death. |
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| | The Buddha and His Teaching - Narada - 15 |
| | of Arahants were held 100 and 236 years later respectively, again to rehearse the Word of the Buddha because attempts were being made to pollute the pure Teaching. | | | Three months after the Death of the Buddha, in the eighth year of King Ajātasattu's reign, 500 pre-eminent Arahants concerned with preserving the purity of the Doctrine held a Convocation at Rājagaha to rehearse it. | | | The Venerable Ānanda Thera, the Buddha's beloved attendant who had the special privilege and honour of hearing the discourses from the Buddha Himself, and the Venerable Upāli Thera were chosen to answer questions about the Dhamma (Doctrine) and the Vinaya (Discipline) respectively. |
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| | Buddha's Life Page 18 |
| | After sending forth the Arahants to preach, the Blessed One went to Uruvelii to convert a thousand hermits headed by the three Kassapa brothers known as Uruvela Kassapa, Nad-i Kassapa and Gayii Kassapa. | | | The Buddha tamed the King of the Dragons in a fire-shed by using a variety of his supernatural powers. | | | The Buddha went from there to Rajagaha accompanied by those monks and dwelt in the Toddy Palm Grove. |
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| | The first messengers of Truth At this stage, Buddha summoned his 60 disciples and exhorted them to spread the dhamma as they are all freed of human or divine shackles: “Caratha bhikkhave carikam bahujanahitaya bahujanasukhaya lokanukampaya atthaya hitaya sukhaya devamanussanam. | | | Together with the initial 5 ascetics, Yasa, his 54 friends and Buddha made up 61 arahants within 2 months of Buddha’s enlightenment. | | | b Rb 0 b Ó] . ²e ô ð ²e b ä â â Î Î Î Î Ù Buddha’s early disciples After the 2nd discourse, Anattalakkhana Sutta, all 5 monks (Kondanna, Vappa, Bhaddiya, Mahanama, Assaji) became Arahants. |
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| | Tipitaka Network: eBooks |
| | Immediately after the final passing away of the Buddha, 500 distinguished Arahants held a convention known as the First Buddhist Council to rehearse the Doctrine taught by the Buddha. | | | Venerable Ananda, the faithful attendant of the Buddha who had the special privilege of hearing all the discourses the Buddha ever uttered, recited the Dhamma, whilst the Venerable Upali recited the Vinaya, the rules of conduct for the Sangha. | | | When an Arahant attains Pari Nibbana, after the dissolution of the body, without any reminder of physical existence, it is called Anupadisesa Nibbana. |
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| | Vinaya |
| | Thereafter, Sri Lanka was the island of Dhamma (Dhammadípa) and the fortress in which was preserved the original teachings of the Buddha under the name, Theraváda or Doctrine of the Elders. | | | This motion was accepted by the Council and is the ruling still in Theravada countries, being the reason why the Sangha in those lands has changed least in its form and still preserves the original teachings and practices of the Buddha. | | | Once they wore in robes some of them began to display and propagate their wrong views so that eventually there was such disharmony in the Sangha that it was no longer possible to hold the Uposatha ceremony. |
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| | Sunnataram Forest Monastery |
| | Through the process of cremation after death, the remains of both the Buddha and his disciples (Arahants) will turn into crystallised Relics for the future generations. | | | Both Buddha's and Arahants' Relics will multiply, disappear, change colours and size according to the environments. | | | Before the Buddha passed away he made a wish for his teachings to exist on forever. |
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| | Devas (gods) from ten thousand world-systems frequently assembled for the purpose of seeing the Blessed One and the bhikkhu-sangha (ordained monks). | | | (These Devas came saying:) "'Let us see (the Sangha, the Arahant monks), who have outlived birth, who have removed the stake (of lust, hate, and delusion), who have crossed the four currents or streams (of sense-pleasures, becoming, wrong views and ignorance),[13] free from taints. | | | Then to four devas of the Suddhavasa (pure Abodes) brahma world, this thought occurred: "The Blessed One is living in the Mahavana near the city of Kapilavatthu in the province of the Sakyans with a great retinue of monks, all of them Arahants, and five hundred in number. |
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| | What the Buddha Taught to Bahiya of the Bark Garment |
| | He indeed, Bahiya is Arahant and teaches Dhamma for reaching Arahants' Path." Being stirred by that deity, Bahiya left Supparaka on the same day and the following day approached Savatthi in order to meet the Buddha. | | | There now dwells the Buddha who is Arahant, a rightly awakened One. | | | He went to the Jeta's Grove to see the Buddha. |
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| | SN XII.70: Susima Sutta |
| | The new arahants mentioned here do not deny that they have attained any of the four "form" jhanas that make up the definition of right concentration. | | | I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Rajagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels' sanctuary. | | | Translator's note: This discourse is sometimes cited as proof that a meditator can attain Awakening (final gnosis) without having practiced the jhanas, but a close reading shows that it does not support this assertion at all. |
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| | and were recited at the Third Great Council of the Arahants, held during Dhamma-Asoka's reign. | | | Introduced to Lanka by Asoka's Arahant son, and considered closed, inviolate | | | This is the nearest that a worldling's study can approach to Paramattha Sacca, the Real, or 'ultimate Truth' that is the exclusive heritage of the 'complete coming into' (abhisamaya), the enlightenment, the penetration or realization (pativedha) of an Arahant." (xiii) |
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| | In fact a Theravadin accept only Gotama and Buddhas of the past kalpa and Bodhisattas Metreyya. | | | Beyond that a Theravadin do not look for helps from any Bodhisattas nor from other deities or Arahants. | | | Our private shrine is supposed to be exclusively Gotama Buddha lone. |
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| | Buddha's Life Page 59 |
| | The King was very pleased and had great faith in them, and built for them a monastery for their residence during the rainy season. | | | He also invited them to come to the palace every morning and have their meals there during the full three months of the rainy season, and fed them regularly. | | | One day, the King asked the Arahants to make a cave, by using their superhuman power, in the likeness of the NandamUla Cave which stands at Gandamadana Mountain in the Himalayas. |
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| | In the simple statement: "monks will practise right living, the world will not be empty of Arahants" the expression "right living" has an important and profound meaning. | | | Hence the Buddha's teaching that we shouldn't grasp at or cling to anything as "I" or "mine". | | | It pops up numerous times every day, so there is no chance for full Nirvana to come in and we don't become Arahants. |
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| | Online edition of Daily News - Features |
| | When Panchasikha sang this to her she was greatly taken up by the song because it contained references connecting the Buddha, Dhamma and the Arahants with his deep love to her, who herself had developed a strong desire to see the Buddha about whom she had heard much during her dancing sessions before the gods. | | | Hence Suriyavacchasaa's desire to see the Buddha and Panchasikha's desire to receive her love became mutually complemented when Suriyavacchasa agreed to marry the musician. | | | However, Panchasikha was ever hopeful and composed a love-song connecting the Buddha, Dhamma and the Arahants with his pangs and hopes of love to the lady of his heart. |
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http://www.dailynews.lk/2003/01/15/fea08.html
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| | The central altar is arranged in an imposing manner with the Buddha Sakyamuni's statue flanked by the Bodhisattva Samantabhadra's, the symbol of virtues and Bodhisattva Manjusri's, the symbol of wisdom. | | | In the main hall stand only Six Arahant carvings (in the set 18 pieces) illustrating the Learner-Admonishing Arahants, the Dharma-Preaching and Hearing Arahants, the Sinner-Saving Arahants in the Swod Mountain Purgatory, the Gift-offering Arahants, the Alms-Giving Arahants and the Sinner-Saving Arahants in the Icy Purgatory escorted by Yakshas bearing candles in honour of the Buddha. | | | Those Arahant wood carvings are the imitations of the Japanese Pure Land School's originals. |
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http://quangduc.com/English/Books/Vietnamesepagoda/020vinhnghiempagoda.html
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| | To understand the nature of this liberation, we need to consider the character of an arahant — a Buddhist saint, one who has accomplished the goal in meditation. | | | It is said that the sotapanna will attain arahatship in at most seven more lives. | | | Arahants go to Nibbana, a state of cessation of mind and matter, which means the cessation of suffering. |
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http://www.geocities.com/ekchew.geo/vipassana.htm
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| | re:The other Buddhas |
| | Others that reach enlightenment or perfection due to hearing the dhama and practicing are not called Buddhas but arahants (or arahats). | | | Buddhas discover the truth for themselves therefore the teaching must disapear (this takes thousands of years) before a Buddha can once again arise in the world. | | | But in all likelihood there are arahants and stream enterers around today. |
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http://www.talkaboutreligion.com/group/alt.religion.buddhism/messages/34154.html
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