Maitreya
Maitreya (Byams pa in Tibetan, “the Loving One”) is the future Buddha - the next fully awakened being to appear in our world after Shakyamuni’s teaching fades.
Texts
- Maitreya’s Setting Out (Toh 198) - Manjushri on the bodhisattva path; Maitreya’s vows; qualities needed to be reborn in the age of Maitreya
- Maitreya’s Birth in the Heaven of Joy (Toh 199) - Maitreya’s current residence in Tusita heaven; golden light; marks of a future Buddha; merit of hearing his name
Theravada Parallel
The Theravada prophecy of Metteyya (Pali name for Maitreya) is in the Cakkavatti-Sihanada Sutta (DN 26).
Sources
Translated by the Dharmachakra Translation Committee. Published by 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha. License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0
Sanskrit Source (Arya-Maitreya-vyakarana)
The canonical Sanskrit prophecy text: Arya-Maitreya-vyakarana - 108 verses; Nathaniel Grove 2021 translation (reference only, all rights reserved).
Theravada Parallel
The Theravada prophecy of Metteyya (Pali name for Maitreya) is in the Cakkavatti-Sihanada Sutta (DN 26).
Sources
Translated by the Dharmachakra Translation Committee. Published by 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha. License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0