Why this word is great
ARAHANT — [Noun] In Buddhism, one who has attained nirvana, having eradicated all defilements and thus ended the cycle of rebirth, becoming 'worthy' of veneration. From Pali arahant ('one who is worthy'), from the verb arahati ('he deserves, he is worthy'). Unlike a bodhisattva, who compassionately delays final liberation to ferry others across, or a buddha, who forges the path entirely anew, the arahant is the perfect finisher, reaching the far shore by meticulously following a trail already blazed. It is the coolness of a mind after the last ember of craving is extinguished; the clean scent of a robe washed in a mountain stream and laid on sun-warmed rock; the palpable lightness of an empty bowl, used, cleaned, and put away. The goal is not to become a legend, but to achieve the quiet victory of having nothing left to want.