ཕྱིར་མི་འོང་བ། | Glossary of Terms

One who has achieved the third of the four levels of attainment on the śrāvaka path and who will no longer be reborn in the desire realm.

The third of the four stages that culminate in becoming an arhat. At this stage, a being will not be reborn in the desire realm but in the Śuddhāvāsa paradises, where they will remain until liberation.

One who will attain the liberation of an arhat after death, without another rebirth in cyclic existence.

The third level of the Noble Ones when practicing the path of the hearers (bound to never be reborn).

The third of the four stages that culminate in becoming an arhat. At this stage a being will not be reborn in this world but will be reborn in the Śuddhāvāsa paradise where he will remain until liberation.

One who has achieved the third of the four levels of attainment on the śrāvaka path and who will no longer be reborn in saṃsāra.

A being who is free from further rebirth in saṃsāra.

The third level of noble ones when practicing the path of the hearers (bound to never be reborn).

One who has achieved the third level of attainment on the path of the hearers, and who is free from further rebirth in the desire realm.

The third level of the noble ones when practicing the path of the hearers, wherein one is bound never to be reborn.

One who has achieved the third level of attainment on the path of the śrāvakas, and who is free from further rebirth in the desire realm.

The third of the four attainments of śrāvakas, this term refers to a person who will no longer take rebirth in the Desire Realm (kāmadhātu), but either be reborn in the Pure Abodes (śuddhāvāsa) or reach the state of an arhat in their current lifetime.

One who has achieved the third of the four levels of attainment on the śrāvaka path and will not be reborn in the desire realm any longer.

One who will not be reborn again. Third of the four fruitions.

One who has achieved the third level of attainment on the path of the hearers and is free from further rebirth in the desire realm.

One who has achieved the third of the four levels of attainment on the śrāvaka path, and who will not be reborn in saṃsāra any longer.

The third level of noble ones when practicing the path of the hearers (bound to never be reborn in the realm of desire).

The third of the four stages of the śrāvaka path that culminate in becoming an arhat. At this stage, a being will not be reborn in this world but will remain there until liberation.

One who has achieved the third of the four levels of attainment on the śrāvaka path and who will not be reborn in saṃsāra.

One who will not have to be born again in the desire realm but will instead become an arhat.

The third of the four stages on the path to arhatship (Skt. āryapudgala) according to the Hīnayāna.

There are four kinds of “noble persons” (Skt. āryapudgala) according to the Śrāvakayāna path, characterized by a gradual abandonment of ten kinds of fetters (Skt. saṃyojana) that bind one to saṃsāra. This is the third of the four (or eight) stages of the realization of the supermundane path (and fruit) leading to awakening.

A practitioner whose level of realization is such that he or she need take no further saṃsāric rebirth to achieve enlightenment; they are in their final rebirth.

The third level of noble ones when practicing the path of the hearers (bound to never be reborn).

The third of four levels of noble ones attainable on the path of the hearers. Beings on this level will no longer be reborn in the desire realm but rather in the pure abodes (śuddhāvāsika), where they will attain liberation.

The third level of noble ones when practicing the path of the hearers (bound to never be reborn).

One who is destined to no longer return to the world; one of the fruits of the Śrāvakayāna.

A person who has attained the third of the four stages of spiritual achievement and is considered to be free from future rebirth in the realm of desire.

One of the four types of noble individuals, the third stage of the progression culminating in the state of arhat. The term is often rendered “non-returner.” “Rebirth” refers to rebirth in cyclic existence.

One who will not be reborn again. Third of the four fruitions.