Statues of the 500 arhats in the Longhua temple in Shanghai, P.R. China

Śrāvakabuddhas (Sanskrit) or Sāvakabuddhas (Pāli) are those enlightened individuals who gain Nirvāṇa, but do so by hearing the Dharma as initially taught by a Samyaksambuddha. According to Mahāyāna doctrine, after attaining enlightenment, Śrāvakabuddhas might also lead others to enlightenment, but cannot teach the Dharma in a time or world where it has been forgotten or has not been taught before, because they depend upon a tradition that stretches back to a Samyaksambuddha. Statues of the 500 lohan in the Longhua temple in Shanghai, P.R. China (July 27th, 2004), photo author: Rolf Müller, licensed to the public under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). ... The Longhua Temple (pinyin: Longhua Si, literally Luster of the Dragon Temple) is a Buddhist Temple dedicated to the Maitreya Buddha in Shanghai Municipality, China. ... Shanghai (Chinese: 上海 pinyin: ; Shanghainese: ), situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta in East China, is Chinas largest city. ... Sanskrit ( संस्कृतम् ; pronunciation: ) is an Indo-European classical language of India and a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. ... For the town and district in Rajasthan, see Pali, Rajasthan For the Ganapati temple of pali and place in Maharastra, see Ballaleshwar Pali Pāli (Devanagari पालि) is a Middle Indo-Aryan dialect or prakrit. ... This article is about a Buddhist philosophy concept. ... Relief image of the bodhisattva Kuan Yin from Mt. ... Dharma (Sanskrit धर्म) or Dhamma (Pāli) means Natural Law or Reality, and with respect to its significance for spirituality and religion might be considered the Way of the Higher Truths. ...

Śrāvakabuddhas are one of three types of Buddha. Within Mahāyāna Buddhism the word is used as a synonym of Arhat. Many Buddhists in Nikaya, Mahayana, and Vajrayana traditions consider that there are three type of Buddha, and generally accept their definitions as follows: Samyaksam-Buddhas (Pali:Samma-Sambuddha): (also known in the Mahayana as Bodhisattva-Buddhas) gain Nirvana by their own efforts, without a teacher of the entire path. ... Buddhism is a religion and philosophy focusing on the teachings of the Buddha Śākyamuni (Siddhārtha Gautama), who probably lived in the 6th century BCE. Buddhism spread throughout the ancient Indian sub-continent in the five centuries following the Buddhas death, and propagated into Central, Southeast, and East Asia... A garden featuring depictions of various arhats (Hsi Lai Temple, California) An arhat (Sanskrit, also arahat or arahant (Pali); Chinese: 阿羅漢, āluóhàn, luóhàn, lohan; Tibetan: dgra-bcom-pa; Jp. ...

Śrāvaka (Pāli: Sāvaka) literally means "one who hears", i.e. a Buddhist who follows the path to enlightenment by means of hearing the instructions of others.

See also

• Buddha
• Pratyekabuddha

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