Maitreya | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-05-11

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00:00:51 1 Sources
00:02:30 2 Characteristics
00:03:23 3 General description
00:04:37 4 Maitreya's iTuṣita/i Heaven
00:06:02 5 Activity of Maitreya in the current age
00:06:29 6 Future coming of Maitreya
00:09:34 6.1 Foretold Biography
00:10:35 7 Nichiren Buddhism and Maitreya as metaphor
00:12:01 8 Maitreya claimants
00:14:55 9 Maitreya sects in China
00:15:05 9.1 Pre-Maitreyan Buddhist messianic rebellions
00:15:16 9.1.1 Southern and Northern Dynasties
00:18:05 9.2 Maitreyan rebellions
00:18:14 9.2.1 Sui Dynasty
00:19:47 9.2.2 Tang Dynasty
00:20:10 9.2.3 Song Dynasty
00:20:38 9.2.4 Yuan and Ming Dynasty
00:22:29 9.2.5 Qing Dynasty
00:24:08 10 Speculation
00:25:09 11 Non-Buddhist views
00:25:19 11.1 Theosophy
00:26:01 11.2 Post-theosophical movements
00:27:48 11.3 Ahmadiyya
00:28:06 11.4 Bahá'í Faith
00:28:30 12 Gallery
00:28:39 13 See also
00:29:13 14 Notes
00:29:22 15 Further reading
00:30:04 16 External links



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Maitreya (Sanskrit), Metteyya (Pali), is regarded as a future Buddha of this world in Buddhist eschatology. In some Buddhist literature, such as the Amitabha Sutra and the Lotus Sutra, he is referred to as Ajita.
According to Buddhist tradition, Maitreya is a bodhisattva who will appear on Earth in the future, achieve complete enlightenment, and teach the pure dharma. According to scriptures, Maitreya will be a successor to the present Buddha, Gautama Buddha (also known as Śākyamuni Buddha). The prophecy of the arrival of Maitreya refers to a time in the future when the dharma will have been forgotten by most on the terrestrial world.
Maitreya has also been adopted for his millenarian role by many non-Buddhist religions in the past, such as the White Lotus, as well as by modern new religious movements, such as Yiguandao.