FTP, identify this term, which is used to describe anyone who could enter nirvana, but who stays behind to help others achieve perfection, such as Gautama Buddha.
Manjusri personifies wisdom, Kshitigarba (SHEE-tee-gar-ba) helps the dead, Avalokitesvara (a-VAH-loh-keets-VAHR-a) is also known as the goddess of mercy, and Maitreya waits in the Tushita heaven to be reborn as a messiah. Along with the arhant and pr  atyeka, it is the third of the traditional ways of achieving enlightenment. FTP, identify this term, which is used to describe anyone who could enter nirvana, but who stays behind to help others achieve perfection, such as Gautama Buddha.
Manjusri personifies wisdom, Kshitigarba (SHEE-tee-gar-ba) helps the dead, Avalokitesvara (a-VAH-loh-keets-VAHR-a) is also known as the goddess of mercy, and Maitreya waits in the Tushita heaven to be reborn as a messiah.
bodhisattva