arhatship

In other words, they assert three ultimate goals that can be achieved and then last forever – shravaka arhatship, pratyekabuddha arhatship, and Buddhahood.

Buddha-Nature According to Gelug-Chittamatra, Svatantrika, and Prasangika Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche II 2006

This state is also called arhatship, the condition of an arhat, meaning originally a worthy or venerable man, and the person enjoying it is alive.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 Charles Eliot 1896

Once these arhats have passed away from the lifetime in which they have achieved arhatship – in other words, once they have achieved nirvana without residue (lhag-bcas-kyi mya-ngan-‘das), they are no longer able to enter the bodhisattva path.

Buddha-Nature According to Gelug-Chittamatra, Svatantrika, and Prasangika Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche II 2006

That “never-happened” is a static phenomenon that starts to be the case on our mental continuum with the arising of the “present-happening of our attainment of arhatship” and then continues on our mental continuum, without changing or being affected by anything, forever.

What Does a Buddha Know in Knowing the Past, Present, and Future? ��� Part One: Temporally Related Phenomena 2009

Yet, there are also reports in the Pali canon of monks who took their own lives, and some were even said to have attained arhatship.

Damien Keown - Would You Help Your Parents End Their Lives? William Harryman 2009

According to the Gelug explanation of Chittamatra as given by Tsongkhapa in his earlier writings, the continuity of the alayavijnana ceases with the true stopping of the emotional obscurations, whether this occurs with the attainment of Hinayana arhatship or an arya bodhisattva eighth level bhumi mind.

Basic Features of the Gelug-Chittamatra System ��� 2 Specific Points Concerning the Three Types of Characterized Phenomena 2006

Because they will attain arhatship after only one more lifetime, they are called “once-returner.”

The Five Pathway Minds (Five Paths): Advanced Presentation 2006

Arya Hinayanists with Hinayana accustoming pathway minds up to the phase immediately preceding the last phase before Hinayana arhatship still have only the third.

Overview of the Eight Sets of Realizations in Abhisamayalamkara 2006

They are called “non-returner” because they will attain arhatship in this lifetime, without returning once more with a samsaric rebirth.

The Five Pathway Minds (Five Paths): Advanced Presentation 2006

Now, rid of all emotional obscurations, they reach their goals of either shravaka or pratyekabuddha arhatship.

The Five Pathway Minds (Five Paths): Advanced Presentation 2006