Arhat in Buddhism signifies a spiritual practitioner who has realized certain high stages of attainment. The implications of the term vary based on the respective schools and traditions. In Theravada Buddhism; it means anyone who has reached the total Awakening and attained Nirvana; including the Buddha. An 鈥榓rahant' is a person who has destroyed greed; hatred; and delusion - the unwholesome roots which underlie all fetters - who upon decease will not be reborn in any world; having wholly cut off all fetters that bind a person to the samsara鈥攖he cycle of birth; death and rebirth.