Guanyin Bodhisattva of Compassion, Saint Louis Museum of Art
In Mahayana Buddhism, bodhisattva बोधिसत्त्व is the Sanskrit term for a being with bodhi (enlightenment). A bodhisattva is anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. A bodhisattva is one of the four sublime states a human can achieve in life (the others being an arhat, buddha or pratyekabuddha).
སྤྱན་རས་གཟིགས་