What is an "enlightening being"? Thomas Cleary uses the term &quot;enlightening being&quot; extensively in his translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra. This term isn't defined in the glossary of that book, or in my copy of The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism. Is there a canonical definition of &quot;enlightening being&quot;?
Edit: Thanks useful comments by @ChrisW and @KayCee, I see in Appendix 1 &quot;bodhisattva or enlightening being&quot;. I'm finding it helpful to read this Appendix before returning to the Introduction.
That's Cleary's translation of &quot;bodhisattva&quot;:

Compare that with this translation:

The Four Holy Truths
At that time, Manjushri Bodhisattva Mahasattva told all the Bodhisattvas: “All of you Disciples of the Buddha, in this Saha world, the Holy Truth of Suffering is