In Mahayana Buddhism, a Bodhisattva

A) achieves enlightenment and then passes into nirvana.
B) achieves enlightenment and renounces nirvana, choosing to remain in the world and help others extinguish suffering.
C) leaves behind this world for the next world.
D) is unconcerned with fellow beings.


B

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