Interesting. I had read something a bit different, or maybe there is some overlap: After nirvana, he felt compassion for all the countless beings who were not

Interesting. I had read something a bit different, or maybe there is some overlap: After nirvana, he felt compassion for all the countless beings who were not there yet, so he resolved to stay until everyone got it. And that is supposed to be the difference between an arhat and a bodhisattva. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arhat https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arhat https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhisattva https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhisattva https://www.google.com/search?q=arhat+vs+bodhisattva https://www.google.com/search?q=arhat+vs+bodhisattva