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    Maitreya (Sanskrit) or Metteyya (Pali), is a bodhisattva who is regarded as the future Buddha of this world in all schools of Buddhism, prophesied to become...
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    Sananda Francesco Maitreya (born Terence Trent Howard; March 15, 1962), who started his career with the stage name Terence Trent D'Arby, is an American...
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    In Theosophy, Maitreya or Lord Maitreya is an advanced spiritual entity and high-ranking member of a reputed hidden spiritual hierarchy, the Masters of...
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  • Maitreya (Sanskrit: मैत्रेय) (sometimes written Mythreya) was a sage or Maharishi in the Mahabharata. His descendants are Maitreya or Moitra or Maitra...
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  • Look up Maitreya in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Maitreya is the future Buddha in Buddhist eschatology. Maitreya may also refer to: Maitreya (Mahābhārata)...
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  • Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero (Sinhala: අග්ග මහා පණ්ඩිත බලංගොඩ ආනන්ද මෛත්‍රෙය මහා නා හිමිපාණන් වහන්සේ) (23 August 1896 — 18 July 1998) was a Sri Lankan...
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  • The Maitreya teachings or Maitreyanism (Chinese: 弥勒教; pinyin: Mílèjiào; lit. 'Maitreya teachings'), also called Mile teachings, refers to the beliefs related...
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    in the form of Maitreya, the World Teacher. Maitreya is the name Buddhists use for the future Buddha, but Creme believed that Maitreya is the teacher...
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  • The Maitreya Project is an international organisation, operating since 1990, which intends to construct statues of Maitreya Buddha in India and perhaps...
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  • Maitreya-nātha (c. 270–350 CE) is a name whose use was pioneered by Buddhist scholars Erich Frauwallner, Giuseppe Tucci, and Hakuju Ui to distinguish one...
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    enlightenment. The Arya Maitreya Mandala, founded in 1933 by Lama Anagarika Govinda, is based on the idea of Maitreya. Maitreya eschatology forms the central...
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    The Maitreya Upanishad (Sanskrit: मैत्रेय उपनिषत्, IAST: Maitreya Upaniṣad) is one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism. Composed in Sanskrit, it is one...
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    Maitreya and are thus known as the "Five Dharmas of Maitreya" in Tibetan Buddhist scholasticism. According to D.S. Ruegg, the "five works of Maitreya"...
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  • The Maitreya Festival (sometimes spelt Maitreyah festival) is a large outdoor music festival held yearly in Melbourne, Australia. The festival generally...
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    select individuals are ultimately able to become bodhisattvas, such as Maitreya. Mahāyāna Buddhism generally understands the bodhisattva path as being...
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    Kumar Maitreya (Bengali: অক্ষয় কুমার মৈত্রেয়) (1 March 1861–10 February 1930) was an Indian historian and social worker from Bengal. Maitreya was born...
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    ideas about Maitreya (meaning "kindliness or compassion" in Sanskrit). According to the Ageless Wisdom Teachings, the Advent of Maitreya fulfills not...
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    Budai (category Maitreya)
    Liang Dynasty, who is often identified with and venerated as the future or Maitreya Buddha in Chan Buddhism and Buddhist scripture. With the spread of Chan...
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  • Maitreya in Meditation may refer to: Gilt-bronze Maitreya in Meditation (National Treasure No. 78), a Korean Buddhist sculpture Gilt-bronze Maitreya in...
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  • Caren Selina Maitreya (March 30, 1955), formerly known as Selina Oppenheim, is an international photography consultant and author. She has published two...
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    Maha Vihara Maitreya is a Buddhist temple in Medan, North Sumatra, claimed to be the largest modern Buddhist temple in Indonesia. It is often called Vihara...
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  • albums, Apache and Inca, in the early 1970s under the names Maitreya Kali and Satya Sai Maitreya Kali. After spending nearly three years in prison for assaulting...
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  • Hao-te, also known as Wang Hao Demir, was the founder of the Great Way of Maitreya (Chinese: 彌勒大道; pinyin: Mílè Dà Dào). Wang was born on August 31, 1921...
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    became World Teacher, along with Kuthumi, on January 1, 1956, succeeding Maitreya, who took the Office of "Planetary Buddha" and "Cosmic Christ". This belief...
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    the clearest coins, Maitreya seems to be wearing the armbands of an Indian prince, a feature often seen on the statuary of Maitreya. The throne is decorated...
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  • characteristics, of these established deities subsequently influenced other figures: Maitreya, a vrddhi-derived form of Sanskrit mitra, a bodhisattva in Buddhist tradition...
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    Fanjingshan (category Maitreya)
    sacred mountain in Chinese Buddhism, considered to be the bodhimaṇḍa of the Maitreya Buddha. It became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018. The mountain's...
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    The Paradise of Maitreya (Chinese: 彌勒佛說法圖) is a wall painting created by Zhu Haogu during China's Yuan Dynasty. The painting was originally housed in the...
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  • Mileism may refer to: The Maitreya teachings, a group of Chinese beliefs related to Bodhisattva Maitreya The political philosophy of Javier Milei, President...
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    latter's baptism, and that henceforth Maitreya would be known as "the Christ". Besant and Leadbeater said that Maitreya would again come to Earth by manifesting...
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