TheArhat Hall is a hall used for enshrining one or multipleArhats, or arhat(s), inChineseBuddhist temples.^[1] Arhat is another term forArahant, one who has gained insight into the true nature of existence and has achieved Enlightenment and liberated from theendless cycle of rebirth.^[1] InMahayana Buddhism, arhats rank the third position inBuddhism, only below theBuddhas andbodhisattvas.^[1] InTheravada Buddhism, Siddhartha Gautama orThe Buddha is the first of the arhats, while his disciples who reach the goal by following hisnoble path also become arahats.^[2]

In smaller Buddhist temples, statues of theEighteen Arhats, the original followers ofŚākyamuni, are usually enshrined within the hall.^[1] In larger Buddhist temples, the Arhat Hall typically enshrines statues of all theFive Hundred Arhats, a larger grouping which encompasses other Buddhist deities such asHayagriva andYamantaka who take the forms of Arhats.^[1] In addition, statues of the four main Bodhisattvas in Chinese Buddhism, namelyGuanyin (Avalokiteśvara),Kṣitigarbha,Samantabhadra andMañjuśrī are often enshrined as well, along with theWisdom KingKongque Mingwang (Mahāmāyūrī).^[1][3][4]

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  Arhat Hall inHualin Temple inGuangzhou,China
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  Statues of Eighteen Arhats atLingsheng Temple inHunan,China.
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  Statues of Eighteen Arhats atLingsheng Temple inHunan,China.
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  Statue ofAmituofo (Amitābha) riding on a peacock at the centre and the Thousand-armedGuanyin at the rear of the Five Hundred Arhat Hall ofBaoguang Temple inChengdu,Sichuan province,China

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