Bodhisattva — For the Benefit of All Sentient Beings

Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche

In Mahayana Buddhism, bodhisattva is the Sanskrit term for anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings.

The word bodhisattva is a compound formed of bodhi (awake or awaken) and sattva (being or a being). So the word might be translated as an awakened being or even a being working towards awakening.