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Arhat vs Buddha - What's the difference?

arhat | buddha |

As nouns the difference between arhat and buddha

is that arhat is one who has attained enlightenment; a Buddhist saint while Buddha is shakyamuni Buddha, Nepalese spiritual and philosophical teacher and founder of Buddhism; Siddhartha Gautama.

arhat

English

(wikipedia arhat)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Buddhism) one who has attained enlightenment; a Buddhist saint
  • * 1954': Over and against the '''''arhat'' , retreating from appearances into an entirely transcendental Nirvana, stands the Bodhisattva, for whom Suchness and the world of contingencies are one — Aldous Huxley, ''The Doors of Perception (Chatto & Windus 1954, p. 32)
  • (Jainism ) one of the stages of the ascetic's spiritual evolution, when all passions (anger, ego, deception, greed, attachment, hatred and ignorance) are destroyed; arhanta

    • Derived terms

    * arhathood

    Anagrams

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    buddha

    English

    (Gautama Buddha)

    Alternative forms

    * buddha (senses 2 and 3 only)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Shakyamuni Buddha, Nepalese spiritual and philosophical teacher and founder of Buddhism ; Siddhartha Gautama.
  • Any of the other Buddhas named in Buddhist scriptures.
  • An enlightened or awakened sentient being.
  • A statue or image of any Buddha.
    • I ''love'' the Buddha in your living room – where did you get it?

    Derived terms

    * Buddhahood * Buddhism * Buddhist

    External links

    * (Gautama Buddha) English words with optional capitalisation ----