[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 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] In smaller Buddhist temples, statues of the Eighteen Arhats, the original followers of Gautama Buddha, are usually enshrined within the hall.
[1] In larger Buddhist temples, the Arhat Hall typically enshrines statues of all the Five Hundred Arhats [zh], a larger grouping which encompasses other Buddhist deities such as Hayagriva and Yamantaka who take the forms of arhats.
[1] 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.