The basic difference I know is that Buddhas still manifest in Samsara, whereas arhats enter Nirvana. Is there any reconciling the two ideas? Can a person who has achieved Buddhahood seek Nirvana and vice versa?
>>41111518Samsara and Nirvana are but one in the same
>>41111518>>41111628What's the difference, then?
>>41111518>Buddhahood VS Arhatshipsamyaksaṃbuddha (P. sammāsaṃbuddha; T. yang dar par rdzogs pa'i sangs rgyas ཡང་དར་པར་རྫོགས་པའི་སངས་རྒྱས་; C. zhengbianzhi 正遍知) is translated as "complete and perfect buddha," "totally and completely awakened buddha," etc.[1][2] It is a common epithet of the buddhas, used both as an honorific and to distinguish them from beings of lesser realization such as arhats, pratyekabuddhas, and the like.[2] https://encyclopediaofbuddhism.org/wiki/Samyaksa%E1%B9%83buddha
>>41112784A samyaksaṃbuddha is distinguished from beings of lesser realization as follows: the samyaksaṃbuddha attains complete awakening through following the bodhisattva path, which entails developing limitless wisdom and compassion awakens in a age when there is no buddha (and no buddhadharma), and realizes buddhahood through their own efforts after realization, teaches beings through extraordinary skillful means the pratyekabuddha attains realization through their own striving, typically by contemplating the twelve links of dependent origination does not have the extraordinary skillful means to teach others, because they lack the limitless compassion of the samyaksaṃbuddha; some pratyekabuddha might teach through gestures or displays of supernormal powers the arhat (aka śrāvaka-buddha) attains realization through listening to the teachings and following the sravaka path (sravakayana) has a lesser realization than a samyaksaṃbuddha because they lack limitless compassion has less capacity for teaching others than a samyaksaṃbuddha
