འཕགས་པ། | Glossary of Terms

Someone who has entered the “path of seeing,” i.e., who has a direct and stable realization of selflessness, ceases to be an “ordinary person” and becomes a noble one.

The Sanskrit ārya generally has the common meaning of a noble person, one of a higher class or caste. In Dharma terms it means one who has gained the realization of the path and is superior for that reason.

This term in particular applies to stream enterers, once-returners, non-returners, and worthy ones.

A term for realized beings in Buddhism. Also translated here as “ārya.”

The Sanskrit ārya generally has the common meaning of a noble person, one of a higher class or caste. In Dharma terms it means one who has gained the realization of the path and is superior for that reason.

Someone who has entered the “path of seeing,” i.e., who has a direct and stable realization of selflessness, and therefore ceases to be an “ordinary person” and becomes a “noble one.”

An honorific term used to refer to anything of exalted status. Thus, it can refer to a noble person, one of a higher class or caste. In the context of Buddhism, it refers to one who has gained realization on the path of seeing and thus understands selflessness.

Honorific term for someone who has gained the realization of the path of seeing.

Someone who has entered the “path of seeing,” i.e., who has a direct and stable realization of selflessness, ceases to be an “ordinary person,” and has entered the path that culminates in becoming an arhat.

Also known as a “noble being,” “exalted being,” “a superior”; one who has attained the third path, i.e., the path of seeing upon which one becomes a real saṅgha refuge.

Generally has the common meaning of a noble male, one of a higher class or caste. In Dharma terms it means a male who has gained the realization of the path and is superior for that reason.

Generally has the common meaning of a noble person, one of a higher class or caste. In Dharma terms it means one who has gained the realization of the path and is superior for that reason.

A term for realized beings in Buddhism. Also translated here as “noble one.”

See “noble being.”

A person who has directly realized the noble truths.

See “noble one.”

A term of exaltation. See also “noble being.”

When referring to a person, it is someone who has entered the “path of seeing”‍—someone who has a direct and stable realization of the four truths of the noble ones and who thus ceases to be an “ordinary person,” becoming a “noble one.”

A term of exaltation. See also “noble being.”