Bodhisattva and Arhat Simultaneously

A Bodhisattva is simultaneously an Arhat, possessing the conduct of an Arhat, engaging in meditation, maintaining a mind purified and free from afflictions, and endowed with the wisdom of liberation. The conduct of a Bodhisattva only surpasses that of an Arhat; it never falls short. A Bodhisattva embodies all the virtues of an Arhat, differing only in the absence of the desire to enter nirvana without residue. This is precisely what defines a true great Bodhisattva. If a Bodhisattva is burdened with heavy afflictions, they naturally fall short not only of an Arhat but even of a Srotāpanna (Stream-enterer). Such a one cannot be considered a true Bodhisattva.