Bodhisattva (Bodhisattva)

(Language: Sanskrit)

Short Description: Literally, “enlightenment-being”

Long Description: Literally, “enlightenment-being;” in Mahāyāna Buddhism, one who postpones his own final enlightenment and entry into Nirvāṇa in order to aid all other sentient beings in their quest for Buddhahood.

Sources: The Fullness of God: Frithjof Schuon on Christianity, by Frithjof Schuon, edited by Dr. James S. Cutsinger