Luohan Dian
{{short description|Space in Chinese Buddhist temples}}
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The Luohan Dian (Traditional Chinese: 羅漢殿, pinyin: Luóhàndiàn; lit: “Hall of Arhats”) is a hall used for enshrining an arhat or arhats in Chinese Buddhist temples.{{sfn|Zi Yan|2012|p=47}} Arhat is another term for Arahant, one who has gained insight into the true nature of existence and has achieved Enlightenment and liberated from the endless cycle of rebirth.{{sfn|Zi Yan|2012|p=47}} In Mahayana Buddhism, arhats rank the third position in Buddhism, only below the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.{{sfn|Zi Yan|2012|p=47}} In Theravada Buddhism, Siddhartha Gautama or The Buddha is the first of the arahats, while his disciples who reach the goal by following his noble path also become arahats.{{cite web |url=https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/bodhi/arahantsbodhisattvas.html|title=Arahants, Bodhisattvas, and Buddhas|publisher=Accesstoinsight.org|access-date= 2022-09-22}}
Statues
In smaller Buddhist temples, statues of the Eighteen Arhats, the original followers of Gautama Buddha, are usually enshrined within the hall.{{sfn|Zi Yan|2012|p=47}} In larger Buddhist temples, the luohan dian typically enshrines statues of all the {{ill|Five Hundred Arhats|zh|五百罗汉}}, a larger grouping which encompasses other Buddhist deities such as Hayagriva and Yamantaka who take the forms of arhats.{{sfn|Zi Yan|2012|p=47}} In addition, statues of the four main Bodhisattvas in Chinese Buddhism, namely Guanyin, Ksitigarbha, Samantabhadra and Manjusri are often enshrined as well, along with the Wisdom King Mahamayuri.{{sfn|Zi Yan|2012|p=47}}{{cite book|author=Wei Ran |title=Buddhist Buildings |date= 2012-06-01|publisher=China Architecture & Building Press |location= Beijing|isbn=9787112142880 }}{{cite book|author=Han Xin |title= Well-Known Temples of China|date= 2006-04-01|publisher= The Eastern Publishing Co. Ltd|location= Shanghai|isbn=7506024772}}
Gallery
File:Five Hundred Arhat Hall, Hualin Temple.jpg|Arhat Hall in Hualin Temple in Guangzhou, China
File:Eighteen Arhats, Lingsheng Temple, picture2.jpg|Statues of Eighteen Arhats at Lingsheng Temple in Hunan, China.
File:Eighteen Arhats, Lingsheng Temple, picture1.jpg|Statues of Eighteen Arhats at Lingsheng Temple in Hunan, China.
File:成都寶光寺-羅漢堂-騎孔雀阿彌陀佛.jpg|Statue of Amitabha riding on a peacock at the centre and the Thousand-armed Guanyin at the rear of the Five Hundred Arhat Hall of Baoguang Temple in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China
References
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=Bibliography=
- {{cite book |author=Zi Yan|title=Famous Temples in China|chapter=Xiantong Temple in Mount Wutai, Shanxi Province|year=2012 |publisher=Huangshan Publishing House|location=Hefei, Anhui|isbn=978-7-5461-3146-7|language=en, zh}}
Further reading
- {{cite book |language=zh|author=Wang Guixiang |script-title=zh:《中国汉传佛教建筑史——佛寺的建造、分布与寺院格局、建筑类型及其变迁》|trans-title=The History of Chinese Buddhist Temples |date= 2016-06-17|publisher= Tsinghua University Press|location=Beijing |isbn=9787302427056}}
- {{cite book |language=zh|author= Zhang Yuhuan|script-title=zh:《图解中国佛教建筑、寺院系列》|trans-title=Illustration of Chinese Buddhist Architecture and Temples |date=2014-06-01 |publisher=Contemporary China Publishing House |location= Beijing|isbn=9787515401188}}
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