Arahant: A “fully enlightened one” or “pure one”. A person who, by fol­lowing the Buddha”s Path to Freedom, has totally eradicated his mental defilements (kilesas) and thus possesses the certainty that all traces of ignorance and delusion have been conclusively destroyed, never to arise in his heart again in the future. Having completely severed the fetters that once bound him to the cycle of repeated birth and death, he is no longer destined for future rebirth. Thus, the Arahant is the inpidual who has attained Nibbãna; and though the physical and mental components of personality (khandhas) remain intact until his death, his citta—being free of all defiling elements whatsoever—is absolutely pure. At death, body and mind disintegrate, leaving only the unconditioned, absolutely pure nature of the citta—which is wholly beyond conventional description.

　　阿羅漢(Arahant)：“圓滿證悟者”或“清淨者”。指跟隨佛陀解脫之道，已徹底熄滅內心煩惱，因此絕對肯定一切無明虛妄已完全被消除，不會再出現于心中。由于已徹底切斷過去驅使他輪回生死的結使，他將不再投生。所以，阿羅漢是已證涅槃者，雖然在去世前他的五蘊還繼續存在，可是他的心(citta)——已解脫于一切染汙因素——絕對清淨。死亡時，身體和意識(mind)分解，剩下超越世俗概念——心(citta)無爲、絕對清淨的本性。