arahantship
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arahantship (uncountable)
- (Buddhism) the position of arahant.
- 1992, George D. Bond, The Buddhist Revival in Sri Lanka: Religious Tradition, Reinterpretation and Response, Motilal Banarsidass Publ., →ISBN, page 140:
- according to the scriptures arahantship is possible as long as the Dhamma exists. He went on to say, however, that while arahantship may be theoretically or doctrinally possible, it is realistically impossible because of the absence today of both suitable teachers and people with pure, clear minds.
- 2005, The Connected Discourses of the Buddha: A New Translation of the Samyutta Nikaya, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 746:
- First the fruit of arahantship arises, then the knowledge of destruction.
- 2011, Jason A. Carbine, Sons of the Buddha: Continuities and Ruptures in a Burmese Monastic Tradition, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 156:
- He attempts in his sermons to help his audience bring together several components of practice: faith (P. saddhā) in the Buddha as the exemplary arahant, understanding the special place of the Paṭṭhāna in the quest for arahantship,