@hidden @georgia He encounters the Buddha, who tells him there is more work to be done, and the awakened one will continue to manifest in the world to guide all beings toward awakening, until every last one is rescued.

But there are no finite amount of beings, and there is no change in state between sleep and awakening. The final state of awakening transcends the difference between Nirvana and Samsara and the Buddha spends his entire eternity at work.

There is no stasis at the end, the endpoint of awakening is greater and greater work.