Definition of "buddahood"

[They explain] that if there is no need to say that understanding things in this way is necessary for the attainment of buddahood, how much more so that it be a sine qua non for liberation from samsāra.

1992, Mkhas-grub Dge-legs-dpal-bzaṅ-po, Jose Ignacio Cabezon, José Ignacio Cabezón, A Dose of Emptiness

Likewise, since sentient beings possess a buddha nature, the pursuit of buddahood is meaningful.

2004, Padmasambhava, Light of Wisdom, Volume I, page 74

When I was born she named me Bodhi from the Buddhist idea of the Bodhisattva – a wise and compassionate being who delays his entrance into buddahood for the benefit of enlightenment for all.

2014, Robert Beau Michaels, Elysian Fields