| Key Term | śrāvaka |
|---|---|
| Hover Popup Choices | śrāvaka; disciple; nyan thos |
| In Tibetan Script | ཉན་ཐོས། |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | nyan thos |
| Devanagari Sanskrit Script | श्रावक |
| Romanized Sanskrit | śrāvaka |
| Tibetan Phonetic Rendering | nyentö |
| Sanskrit Phonetic Rendering | śrāvaka |
| Chinese Script | 聲聞 |
| Chinese Pinyin | shēng wén |
| Japanese Script | 声聞 |
| Japanese Transliteration | shōmon |
| English Standard | Hearer; Disciple |
| Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term | Hearer |
| Term Type | Noun |
| Source Language | Sanskrit |
| Definitions | |
The disciples of the Buddha who aspire to attain individual liberation or nirvāṇa. The final goal of the Hearers is to become an arhat, a state in which one has totally eliminated the inner problems of attachment, hatred and ignorance, the main causes for rebirth in this cycle of existence. There are four stages of a śrāvaka path including eight phases.
The disciples of the Buddha who aspire to attain individual liberation or nirvāṇa. The final goal of the Hearers is to become an arhat, a state in which one has totally eliminated the inner problems of attachment, hatred and ignorance, the main causes for rebirth in this cycle of existence. There are four stages of a śrāvaka path including eight phases.
The disciples of the Buddha who aspire to attain individual liberation or nirvāṇa. The final goal of the Hearers is to become an arhat, a state in which one has totally eliminated the inner problems of attachment, hatred and ignorance, the main causes for rebirth in this cycle of existence. There are four stages of a śrāvaka path including eight phases.