Hearer; 聲聞 (年特); Tibetan: ཉན་ཐོས (nyan to); Wylie: nyan thos; Pali: Savaka; Sanskrit: Sravaka;
Sravaka, a “Hearer” disciple of Buddha Shakyamuni, is someone who follows the four Noble Truths taught in the first turning of the wheel of dharma and strives to attain the level of an arhat.
釋迦牟尼佛初轉法輪時, 聽佛陀開示修四聖諦的人, 因通過聽聞佛祖的音聲而悟道, 以成就阿羅漢果為目標, 稱為聲聞乘.
Synonyms/Additional Terms 同義詞:
聲聞, Hearer, Sravaka