Definitions | arhat |
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- In Buddhism, one who has attained enlightenment; a Buddhist saint.
- 1954: Over and against the , 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)
Translations: Etymology: From (Skr.) arhat "deserving".
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