jelly bellies

The bodhisattva, having taken the vow to not enter Nirvana until all have entered, now sees that all have already always been in Nirvana, and

becomes a laughing buddha, a Hotei, a jelly-belly with a back-pack of goodies, on the road with all the other dharma bums, and

on the more serious side, founds schools with teachings and students and assignments and certificates of enlightenment, which

produce bodhisattvas who take vows to not enter Nirvana until all have entered, until

at some point the world is filled with bodhisattvas refusing to enter Nirvana in which they already are