For 10 points, name these idealized humans in Mahayana Buddhism who return to earth after achieving enlightenment.
One of these beings from a non-fictional religion carries a staff with jingling rings and is called "Lord of the Six Paths." Another of these individuals has thousands of arms behind him arranged like peacock feathers and received ten extra heads to redeem the wicked. The Chinese goddess Kannon derives from the most compassionate of these beings, (*) Avalokiteshvara (uh-VAH-low-kee-tesh-VAH-ruh). Although their self-sacrifice is celebrated in China and Japan, becoming one of these individuals is less admirable than becoming an arhat in Theravada tradition. For 10 points, name these idealized humans in Mahayana Buddhism who return to earth after achieving enlightenment.
One of these beings from a non-fictional religion carries a staff with jingling rings and is called "Lord of the Six Paths."
bodhisattvas