a bodhisattva is one who attains enlightenment but choses to turn back to his fellows to spread teachings, out of a sense of compassion.
if you understand enlightenment as a supernatural state then it sounds like embellishment.
but it is also a perfectly cogent use of the term if you understand it symbolically.
since enlightenment is in fact the default state for all entities - human and non human, and attaining it is not difficult, it is possible to be a bodhisatva today. the author of that link is an example of one.
but it depends on what teachings you chose to bring back and offer the world, and if they are accepted, understood or misunderstood.
rocky offers us "me" as something like a mantra that reveals the interdependence of all sentient beings, and their potential to access a boundless sense of freedom. a kind of affirmation in which the self identifies with a linguistic code.
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you are correct about how problematic the term bodhisattva can be, since its a rare instance in which buddhism sadly incorporates concepts of an omnipotent god. i'd just point out that this is the exception rather than the rule, and that it is in no way canonical or common.
jesus might have been a reformer, but he was also convinced the world was ending within his lifetime.