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[[Image:Shravakas.JPG|frame|[[Shravaka]] disciples from the [[Longchen Nyingtik]] [[field of merit|Field of Merit]]]]'''Arhat''' (Skt. ''arhat''; Tib. [[དགྲ་བཅོམ་པ་]], ''drachompa''; [[Wyl.]] ''dgra bcom pa'') — the ultimate result of the [[shravaka yana]] and [[pratyekabuddha yana]]. One who has completely overcome the enemy of the [[disturbing emotions]] and is therefore worthy of praise.
[[Image:Shravakas.JPG|frame|[[Shravaka]] disciples from the [[Longchen Nyingtik]] [[field of merit|Field of Merit]]]]
'''Arhat''' (Skt.; Tib. [[དགྲ་བཅོམ་པ་]], ''drachompa''; [[Wyl.]] ''dgra bcom pa'') — the ultimate result of the [[shravaka yana]] and [[pratyekabuddha yana]]. One who has completely overcome the enemy of the [[disturbing emotions]] and is therefore worthy of praise.


==Subdivisions==
==Subdivisions==
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==How an Arhat teaches==
==How an Arhat teaches==
Arhats teach by means of the [[three pure factors]] (Tib. དག་པ་གསུམ་, Wyl. ''dag pa gsum'') <ref>[[Patrul Rinpoche]], ''Preliminary Points To be Explained when Teaching the Buddha's Word or the Treatises'', translated by Adam Pearcey.</ref>
Arhats teach by means of the [[three pure factors]] (Tib. དག་པ་གསུམ་, Wyl. ''dag pa gsum'')<ref>[[Patrul Rinpoche]], ''Preliminary Points To be Explained when Teaching the Buddha's Word or the Treatises'', translated by Adam Pearcey.</ref>
 
==Alternative Translations==
*foe destroyer (Light of Berotsana)


==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 09:29, 19 January 2012

Shravaka disciples from the Longchen Nyingtik Field of Merit

Arhat (Skt.; Tib. དགྲ་བཅོམ་པ་, drachompa; Wyl. dgra bcom pa) — the ultimate result of the shravaka yana and pratyekabuddha yana. One who has completely overcome the enemy of the disturbing emotions and is therefore worthy of praise.

Subdivisions

There are two kinds of arhat: those with remainder and those without remainder.

How an Arhat teaches

Arhats teach by means of the three pure factors (Tib. དག་པ་གསུམ་, Wyl. dag pa gsum)[1]

Alternative Translations

  • foe destroyer (Light of Berotsana)

References

  1. Patrul Rinpoche, Preliminary Points To be Explained when Teaching the Buddha's Word or the Treatises, translated by Adam Pearcey.

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