Luohan Dian

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.^[1] 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.^[1] In Mahayana Buddhism, arhats rank the third position in Buddhism, only below the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.^[1] 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.^[2]