Thank you for the aditional insight on the Bodhisattav path Bristollad, it makes me feel much more comfortable about it.I see now the truly generous and kind Bodhicitta paths would truly embrace and include the Arhat paths as well, and not exclude or admonish it. Truly all-encompassing and extremely benevolent, well worthy of admirations!
I still feel an "Mayhanists supremists" attitudes which berate and belittes Arhats just feels wrong; feels like too much ego/jealousy/fear and clinging.
Also, it is very ironic that many East-asian Mahayinsts Bodhisattav tradiation originated from several Arhat themselves, like the great Bodhidharma himself and his merry fellow Arhats.
Maybe sometimes it is better to be humble & open-minded so you can try to understand other's prespeictives and gain wisdom from it.
For example: despite me growing up well connected with East-asian Mayhanists Bodhisattav Pureland teaching background, I still truly admire the profund freedom and straight-forward yet flexible insights which an an Thervadin Arhat path might offer, as I had personally experienced after a Thervadin Vipasanna meditation course.
Thus so many other buddhists schools can offer useful knowledge and insights for a Mahaynist buddhist too.
But maybe one just be careful and be selctive to keep only the parts that might be useful to them for the time being, otherwise one might fall into the trap of "too many contradictory concepts and lessons" like I have mentally experienced recently.
I still believe the Arhat path is more suited for personailities who prefer more isolation or self-practice first (like myself), while maybe the Bhodisattav path is more suited for the more socially-inclined and social butterflies.
I still believe both models can reach buddahood eventually. But of course, people can learn one-another!
My guesses on possible motts for each role models:
My inner Arhat says: "help yourself to full enlightment and full release away from suffering first before helping others, don't be a busybody and make situations worser for others, especially if you do not know others comepletely".
Then my inner Boddhisattav responded: "helping others willl allow you to help yourself as well, learn from yourself as well as others actions, and do not be afraid of failures or making sins, they are only illusionary concepts. There are always hope and mutplie solutions available to every single problem in life. Be in awe of the power of scientific "trial and errors" concept applied to sociology!"
Then my inner Arhat responded "your going razy, what happend to your focus and discipline?"
I must be going crazy? hahaha
Best wishes to all,