dgra bcom pa

dgra bcom pa

Worthy one or "someone who has killed his foes" (i.e., mental afflictions); a Buddhist saint who has obtained liberation.

Worthy. A being who has eliminated afflictive emotions and hence is liberated from suffering. The Tibetan, taking a doubtful Sanskrit etymology ari han, understands the term as "foe destroyer."

According to Buddhist tradition, one who has conquered his enemy passions (kleśa-ari-hata) and reached the supreme purity. The term can refer to buddhas as well as to those who have reached realization of the disciple vehicle.

Final goal of the śrāvaka practitioner.

Fourth of the four fruits attainable by śrāvakas. One who has eliminated all afflicted mental states and personally ended the cycle of rebirth.
arhatship

One who has achieved the fourth and final level of attainment on the śrāvaka path, and who has attained liberation with the cessation of all mental afflictions.

Sometimes translated "worthy one," a term for one who is liberated and who has extirpated the passions (kleśa, {nyon mongs}).

Used as both an epithet of the Buddha and the final accomplishment of early Buddhism, or the Hīnayāna.

Used as both as an epithet of the Buddha and the final accomplishment of early Buddhism, or the Hīnayāna.
arhathood
arhats

Used both as an epithet of the Buddha and to mean the final accomplishment of early Buddhism, or the Hīnayāna.

{{#arraymap:dgra bcom pa

|; |@@@ | | }}