Is Raj Patel Maitreya? Published Sunday, 7 February 2010 8:44PM CST by Michael Fraase filed under Spirituality 0 Most Buddhists believe in the prophecy of Maitreya as a bodhisattva who will descend from Tusita (the closest Christian analogy is heaven) to Earth, become enlightened, and teach the pure Dharma . Maitreya