Though bosatsu used to be the term for the prior Buddha to his enlightenment, in Mahayana Buddhism bosatsu is the term for any being destined for attaining enlightenment because any can become bosatsu through Buddhism practice and training, also for the beings destined for enlightenment who postpone their own attainment to continue to save ordinary people with their benevolence, or highly virtuous priests or transformations of Dainichi Nyorai.