To become one, it is necessary to master the six perfections, after which you choose to be either one of these or an Arhat.
The Orthodox Christian saint Josaphat was said to be one of these, and his name is a distortion of the word used to designate them. A 500-foot-tall statue is being built in Kushinagar in honor of one named Maitreya, who some believe will come after the teachings of Shakyamuni disappear. To become one, it is necessary to master the six perfections, after which you choose to be either one of these or an Arhat. Those such as the Avalokiteshvara and the 14th Dalai Lama who chose to stay behind and help others on their path to Nirvana are known by, FTP, what term used in Mahayana Buddhism that literally means "wise being?"
The Orthodox Christian saint Josaphat was said to be one of these, and his name is a distortion of the word used to designate them.
Bodhisattva