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Bodhisattva Maitreya from the "nd #entury $andharan %rt &eriod 'anskrit: Maitreya! &(li Metteya #hinese: M)l* &+sa! Japanese: Miroku Bosatsu! Tibetan: Byams &a ,orean: Mirug Bosal! -ietnamese: .i/l0c B1 T2t 3nformation -enerated by: Theravada, Mahayana, -a4rayana %ttributes: Future Buddha &ortal:Buddhism Maitreya 'anskrit! or Metteyya &(li! is a future Buddha of this 5orld in Buddhist eschatology. Maitreya is a bodhisattva 5ho in the Buddhist tradition is to appear on 6arth, achieve complete enlightenment, and teach the pure dharma. %ccording to scriptures, Maitreya 5ill be a successor of the historic 7(kyamuni Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. The prophecy of the arrival of Maitreya is found in the canonical literature of all Buddhist sects Therav(da, Mah(y(na, -a4ray(na! and is accepted by most Buddhists as a statement about an actual event that 5ill take place in the distant future. #ontents 8hide9 : #haracteristics " $eneral description ; Maitreya<s Tuita =eaven > %ctivity of Maitreya in the current age ? The future coming of Maitreya @ Arigins B Maitreya claimants B.: Con/Buddhist vie5s B." More self/proclaimed Maitreyas D Maitreya sects in #hina D.: &re/Maitreyan Buddhist messianic rebellions D.:.: 'outhern and Corthern .ynasties D." Maitreyan rebellions D.".: 'ui .ynasty D."." Tang .ynasty D.".; 'ong .ynasty D.".> Euan and Ming .ynasty D.; &ost/Maitreyan rebellions D.;.: Fing .ynasty G %lternate persona :H 'ee also :: Ieferences :" 6Jternal links

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Ane mention of the prophecy of Maitreya is prophesied in the 'anskrit teJt, the Maitreyavy(karaa The &rophecy of Maitreya!, stating that gods, men, and other beings 5ill 5orship MaitreyaK it implies that he is a teacher of trance sadhana: L5ill lose their doubts, and the torrents of their cravings 5ill be cut off: free from all misery they 5ill manage to cross the ocean of becomingK and, as a result of Maitreya<s teachings, they 5ill lead a holy life. Co longer 5ill they regard anything as their o5n, they 5ill have no possession, no gold or silver, no home, no relativesM But they 5ill lead the holy life of chastity under Maitreya<s guidance. They 5ill have torn the net of the passions, they 5ill manage to enter into trances, and theirs 5ill be an abundance of 4oy and happiness, for they 5ill lead a holy life under Maitreya<s guidance.L Trans. in #onNe :G?G:">:! 8edit9 $eneral description Maitreya and disciples, in Budai form, as depicted at the Feilai Feng grottos near Oingyin Temple in #hinaMaitreya is typically pictured seated, 5ith both feet on the ground, indicating that he has not yet completed ascending his throne, 5hich is believed to be a style of 5estern throne, not 3ndian as previously believed. =e is dressed in the clothes of either a Bhiksu or 3ndian royalty. %s a Bodhisattva, he 5ould usually be standing and dressed in 4e5els. Psually he 5ears a small stupa in his headdress and could be holding a dharmachakra resting on a lotus. % khata is al5ays tied around his 5aist as a girdle. 3n the $reco/Buddhist art of $andhara, in the first centuries #6 in northern 3ndia, Maitreya is represented as a #entral %sian or northern 3ndian nobleman, holding a <5ater phial< 'anskrit: ,umbha! in his left hand. 'ometimes this is a <5isdom urn< 'anskrit: Bumpa!. =e is flanked by his t5o acolytes, the brothers %sanga and -asubandhu. 8edit9 Maitreya<s Tuita =eaven The future Buddha Maitreya, $andhara, ;rd century #6.Maitreya resides in the Tuita =eaven &(li: Tusita!, said to be reachable through meditation. 7(kyamuni Buddha also lived here before he 5as born into the 5orld. 'ome Bodhisattvas live in the Tuita =eaven before they descend to the human realm to become Buddhas. % bodhisattva may be thought of as an individual near to becoming a buddha. 8edit9 %ctivity of Maitreya in the current age Main article: Maitreya/n(tha 3n Mahayana schools, Maitreya is traditionally said to have revealed the Five Treatises of Maitreya through %sanga. These important teJts are the basis of the Eogachara tradition and constitute the ma4ority of the Third Turning of the Wheel of .harma. 8edit9 The future coming of Maitreya The Bodhisattva Maitreya 5ater bottle on left thigh!, art of Mathura, "nd century %..Maitreya<s coming 5ill occur after the teachings of the current $autama Buddha, the .harma, are no longer taught and are completely forgotten. Maitreya is predicted to attain Bodhi in seven days 5hich is the minimum period!, by virtue of his many lives of preparation for Buddha/hood similar to those reported in the Jataka stories of 'hakyamuni Buddha!. Maitreya<s coming is characteriNed by a number of physical events. The oceans are predicted to decrease in siNe, allo5ing Maitreya to traverse them freely. The event 5ill also allo5 the unveiling of the LtrueL dharma to the people, in turn allo5ing the construction of a ne5 5orld. The coming also signifies the end of the middle time in 5hich humans currently reside characteriNed as a lo5 point of human eJistence bet5een the $autama Buddha and Maitreya.!

8edit9 Arigins 'eated Maitreya, ,orean, >/?th century #6. $uimet Museum.The name Maitreya or Metteyya is derived from the 5ord maitrQ 'anskrit! or mett( &(li! meaning Lloving/kindnessL, 5hich is in turn derived from the noun mitra &(li: mitta! in the sense of LfriendL. The earliest mention of Metteyya is in the #akavatti 'ihanada! 'utta in the .igha Cikaya of the &ali #anon. Maitreya, 5ho is sometimes represented seated on a throne Western/style, and venerated both in Mah(y(na and non/Mah(y(na Buddhism, is sometimes considered to have been influenced by the Roroastrian Mithra, a god of contracts, associated 5ith the 'un8citation needed9. The primary resemblance bet5een the t5o characters appears to be the similarity of their names. %ccording to a book entitled The Ieligion of the 3ranian &eoples, LCo one 5ho has studied the Roroastrian doctrine of the 'aoshyants or the coming saviour/prophets can fail to see their resemblance to the future Maitreya. 8:9 &aul Williams claims that some Roroastrian ideas like 'aoshyant influenced the cult of Maitreya, such as LeJpectations of a heavenly helper, the need to opt for positive righteousness, the future millennium, and universal salvationL. &ossible ob4ections are that these characteristics are not uniSue to Roroastrianism, nor are they necessarily characteristic of the belief in Maitreya. 3t is also possible that Maitreya Buddha originated 5ith the =indu ,alki, and that its similarities 5ith the 3ranian Mithra have to do 5ith their common 3ndo/3ranian origin. 3n the $reco/Buddhist art of $andhara, in the first centuries #6 in northern 3ndia, Maitreya 5as the most popular figure to be represented, together 5ith the Buddha 7(kyamuni. 3n #hina, the cult of Maitreya seems to have developed around the same time of that of %mit(bha, as early as the ;rd century %.. 8edit9 Maitreya claimants 'ince his death, the #hinese monk Budai has been popularly regarded as an incarnation of the bodhisattva Maitreya.'ince his death, the #hinese monk Budai =otei! has been popularly regarded as an incarnation of the bodhisattva Maitreya. =is depiction as the Oaughing Buddha continues to be very popular in 6ast %sian culture. While a number of persons have proclaimed themselves to be Maitreya over the years follo5ing the BuddhaTs nirvana, none have been officially recogniNed by the sangha and Buddhists. % particular difficulty faced by any 5ould/be claimant to Maitreya<s title is the fact that the Buddha is considered to have made a number of fairly specific predictions regarding the circumstances that 5ould occur prior to Maitreya<s coming/ such as that the teachings of the Buddha 5ould be completely forgotten, and all of the remaining relics of 'akyamuni Buddha 5ould be gathered in Bodh $aya and cremated. 8edit9 Con/Buddhist vie5s 'ince the gro5th of the theosophist movement in the :Gth #entury, non/Buddhist religious and spiritual movements have adopted the name and selected characteristics of Maitreya for teachers in their traditions. Ane of these is 'hare 3nternational, 5hich eSuates Maitreya 5ith the prophesied figures of multiple religious traditions, and claims that he is already present in the 5orld. 'ince the beginning of the :G;Hs, the %scended Master Teachings have placed Maitreya in the LAfficeL of LWorld TeacherL until :G?@, 5hen he 5as described as moving on to the LAfficeL of L&lanetary BuddhaL and L#osmic #hristL in their concept of a 'piritual =ierarchy. Bah2<)s believe that Bah2<u<ll2h is the fulfillment of the prophecy of appearance of Maitreya.8"98;98>9 Bah2<)s believe that the prophecy that Maitreya 5ill usher in a ne5 society of tolerance and love has been fulfilled by Bah2<u<ll2h<s teachings on 5orld peace.8"98>9

8edit9 More self/proclaimed Maitreyas The follo5ing people listed are 4ust a small portion of the several people 5ho claimed themselves to be Maitreya. Many have either used the Maitreya incarnation claim to form a ne5 Buddhist sect or have used the name of Maitreya to form a ne5 religious movement or cult. $ung Ee, a ,orean 5arlord and king of short/lived state of Taebong during the :Hth century, claimed himself as living incarnation of Maitreya and ordered his sub4ects to 5orship him. =is claim 5as 5idely re4ected by most Buddhist monks and later he 5as dethroned and killed by his o5n servants. 3n @:; the monk Uiang =aiming claimed himself Maitreya and adopted imperial title.8?9 3n @GH 6mpress Wu inaugurated the 'econd Rhou dynasty, proclaimed herself an incarnation of the future Buddha Maitreya, and made Ouoyang the Lholy capital.L 3n @G; she replaced the compulsory .ao .e Jing in the curriculum temporarily 5ith her o5n Iules for Afficials. 8@9 Ou Rhong Ei, the :Bth patriarch of 3/,uan Tao, claimed to be an incarnation of Maitreya. O. Ion =ubbard, founder of .ianetics and 'cientology, suggested he 5as LMetteyaL Maitreya! in the :G?? poem =ymn of %sia. =is editors indicated, in the book<s preface, specific physical characteristics said to be outlined // in unnamed 'anskrit sources // as properties of the coming MaitreyaK properties 5hich =ubbard<s appearance supposedly aligned 5ith. Eears later in the AT -333 material =ubbard eJplicitly claims to be the Maitreya, as 5ell as the %nti/#hrist.8B9 IaVl<s Maitreya claims8:98"98;98>98?9 center on the content of the %gama 'utra Japanese: %gon 'utra! 8D9, supposedly a very ancient teJt 5ritten by Buddha himself, but 5hich has been deemphasiNed or forgotten by the ma4ority of Buddhist cultures.8G9 IaVl has claimed directly to people attending %sia IaVlian #hurch seminars, that someone born in France, a country 5hich is often symboliNed by the cock or rooster!, 5est of the Arient, meets the criteria of the Maitreya. Iael himself claims to be this individual.8:H9 8edit9 Maitreya sects in #hina 8edit9 &re/Maitreyan Buddhist messianic rebellions 8edit9 'outhern and Corthern .ynasties ?:? The Mahayana Iebellion. 3n the late summer of that year, the renegade monk FaSing married a nun and formed a sect in the Corthern Wei province of JiNhou in the southern part of todayTs =ebei province! 5ith the assistance of a local aristocrat named Oi $uibo. The sect 5as named the Mahayana LThe $reat -ehicleL, in reference to Mahayana Buddhism!, and Oi $uibo 5as given the titles of Tenth/stage Bodhisattva, #ommander of the .emon/vanSuishing %rmy, and ,ing 5ho &acifies the Oand of =an by FaSing. Psing drugs to send its members into a killing frenNy, and promoting them to Tenth/'tage Bodhisattva as soon as they killed ten enemies, the Mahayana sect seiNed a prefecture and murdered all the government officials in it. Their slogan 5as W% ne5 Buddha has entered the 5orldK eradicate the demons of the former ageX, and they 5ould kill all monks and nuns in the monasteries that they captured, also burning all the sutras and icons. %fter defeating a government army and gro5ing to a siNe of over ?H,HHH, the rebel army 5as finally crushed by another government army of :HH,HHH. FaSing, his 5ife, and tens of thousands of his follo5ers 5ere beheaded, and Oi $uibo 5as also captured later and publicly eJecuted in the capital city Ouoyang. The FoNu Tong4i #omprehensive Iecords of the Buddha!, a chronicle of Buddhist history 5ritten by the monk Rhipan in :"@G, also contains an account of the Mahayana Iebellion, but 5ith significant deviations from the original account, such as dating the rebellion to ?"D rather than ?:?.8::9 ?:@ The Moonlight #hild Iebellion. To5ard the end of that year, another sect 5as discovered by local authorities in Eanling a county or prefecture of JiNhou!. % man named Fa Fuan and his associates 5ere claiming that an eight/year/old child named Oiu Jinghui 5as a Bodhisattva called the Moonlight #hild yueguang tongNi pusa !, and that he could transform into a snake or a pheasant. They 5ere arrested and sentenced to death on suspicion of seditious intent, but Jinghui had his sentence commuted to banishment on account of his youth and ignorance.8::9 ?:B 6arly in the spring of that year, surviving remnants of the Mahayana rebels regrouped and mounted a sudden attack on the capital of EingNhou province, 5hich lay 4ust north5est of their original base in

Bohai prefecture. They 5ere repelled only after a pitched battle 5ith an army of slaves and attendants led by Eu5en Ean, the son of the provincial governor, and nothing more is kno5n of their fate.8::9 %lthough a Lne5 BuddhaL 5as mentioned, these rebellions are not considered LMaitreyanL by modern scholars.8::9 =o5ever, they 5ould be a later influence on the rebel religious leaders that made such claims. Therefore, it is important to mention these rebellions in this conteJt. 8edit9 Maitreyan rebellions 8edit9 'ui .ynasty @:H An the first day of the Ounar Ce5 Eear, several tens of rebels dressed in 5hite, burning incense and holding flo5ers proclaimed their leader as Maitreya Buddha and charged into the imperial palace through one of its gates, killing all the guards before they 5ere themselves killed by troops led by an imperial prince. % massive investigation in the capital #hang<an! implicated over a thousand families. 8::9 @:; % Wskilled magicianX named 'ong RiJian claimed to be Maitreya in Tang county north5est of EingNhou!, and supposedly could transform into the form of a Buddha and make his room emit a glo5 every night. =e hung a mirror in a hall that could display an image of 5hat a devotee 5ould be reincarnated as Y a snake, a beast or a human being. Cearly a thousand Wfrom near and farX 4oined his sect every day, and he plotted to first hold a Buddhist vegetarian banSuet 5uNhe fohui! and then make an attack on the emperor 5ho 5as then touring EingNhou. The plot 5as leaked out, and 'ong 5as arrested and eJecuted 5ith over a thousand families of his follo5ers.8::9 @:; The monk Uiang =aiming claimed to be Maitreya in Fufeng prefecture 5estern 'haanJi! and led a rebellion. The elite of the #hangTan area hailed him as a holy man dasheng! because they had auspicious dreams after follo5ing him, and his army s5elled to several tens of thousands before he 5as defeated by government troops.8::9 8edit9 Tang .ynasty B:H Wang =uaigu declared, LThe 'hakyamuni Buddha has declinedK a ne5 Buddha is about to appear. The =ouse of Oi is ending, and the =ouse of Oiu is about to riseL.8?9 8edit9 'ong .ynasty :H>B %rmy officer Wang Re led a revolt of Buddhists eJpecting MaitreyaK they took over the city of BeiNhou in =ebei before they 5ere crushed. 8:"9 The 'ong .ynasty government declared Maitreya 'ects to be Lheresies and unsanctioned religionsL. Tens of thousands of Maitreya 'ect follo5ers 5ere killed. 8:;9 8edit9 Euan and Ming .ynasty :;?: The Ied Turban Iebellion a.ka. The First White Ootus Iebellon!. =an 'hantong !, leader of the White Ootus 'ociety, and %rmy #ommander Oiu Futong ! rebelled against the Mongol masters of the Euan .ynasty. 'hantong<s anti/Mongol slogan 5as LThe empire is in utter chaos. Maitreya Buddha has incarnated, and the Manichaean ,ing of Oight has appeared in this 5orld.L8?9 3n :;??, =an 'hantong<s son, =an Oin<er !, 5as proclaimed L6mperor of the $reat 8Oatter9 'ongL , referring to the dead 'ong .ynasty! :;??/:;@DZ! by Oiu Futong. Oiu Futong claimed =an Oin<er 5as a direct descendent of the Rhao royal family 5ho ruled the 'ong .ynasty. %fter Oiu Futong<s death, Rhu EuanNhang took up command of the Ied Turban Iebellion and later assassinated =an Oin<er to become 6mperor =ong5u of the Ming .ynasty. 'ee =istory! %ccording to Bei4ing Pniversity, 8:>9 W The leader of White Ootus sect, =an 'hantong called himself Ming Wang / L,ing of BrightnessL!, 5hile his son, =an Oin<er called himself Uiao Ming Wang / L'mall ,ing of BrightnessL!, both names reflecting the sect<s beliefs. Rhu EuanNhang had been a member of the White lotus 'ect, and admitted to have been a branch of the White Ootus rebel army being at one time vice/ marshal of Uiao Ming Wang!. When Rhu EuanNhang took po5er, he chose the dynastic name LMingL. X

This suggests that the Ming .ynasty 5as named after the White Ootus figures of the LBig and Oittle Bright ,ingsL. 8edit9 &ost/Maitreyan rebellions 8edit9 Fing .ynasty :BG@ The White Ootus Iebellion a.k.a. The 'econd White Ootus Iebellion!. 3t broke out among impoverished settlers in the mountainous region that separates 'ichuan province from =ubei and 'haanJi provinces. 3t apparently began as a White Ootus 'ociety protest against heavy taJes imposed by Manchu rulers of the Fing .ynasty.8:?9 The Ei =e Tuan !, often called in 6nglish the L'ociety of =armonious FistsL 5as a :Gth century martial/sect inspired in part by the White Ootus 'ociety. Members of the L=armonious FistsL became kno5n as LBoJersL in the 5est because they practiced #hinese martial arts. :DGG The BoJer Iebellion !. 3t 5as a #hinese rebellion from Covember :DGG to 'eptember B, :GH: against foreign influence in such areas as trade, politics, religion and technology that occurred in #hina during the final years of the Fing .ynasty. By %ugust :GHH, over ";H foreigners, tens of thousands of #hinese #hristians, an unkno5n number of rebels, their sympathiNers and other innocent bystanders had been killed in the ensuing chaos. The uprising crumbled on %ugust :>, :GHH 5hen "H,HHH foreign troops entered the #hinese capital, &eking Bei4ing!. %lbeit not in the name of Maitreya, both rebellions 5ere perpetrated solely or in part by the White Ootus 'ociety, a rebellious Maitreya sect. 8edit9 %lternate persona There 5as a sage of the same name in the epic Mahabharata. =is lineage is unkno5n. =e came to the court of =astinapura to advise .uryodhana to restore the kingdom of the &andavas, a little 5hile after the sons of &andu had gone into eJile, having been defeated at dice. =o5ever, .uryodhana didn<t even bother to listen to the sage, and sho5ed his disrespect all too plainly. 3ncensed, the sage cursed him and said, LFourteen years hence, you shall be destroyed in battle by the &andavas, along 5ith your kinsmen and all that you hold dear. Bheema shall despatch you to the abode of Eama, by breaking your thighs 5ith the mace.L 'ome hold that the curse of this sage played a ma4or part in encompassing the destruction of the ,auravas.8:@9 8edit9 'ee also Oist of Buddha claimants Many are also Maitreya claimants! Oeshan $iant Buddha Mahdi Messiah 'aoshyant Budai, a traditional manifestation of Maitreya ,alki ,alki &urana Maitreya &ro4ect 8edit9 Ieferences $eneral Tiele, #ornelis &. The Ieligion of the 3ranian &eoples. LThe &arsiL publishing, :G:". Ietrieved "@ %ugust "HHB.[\ref] 'pecific ^ Tiele, p. :?G. ^ a b Momen, Moo4an :GG?!. Buddhism %nd The Baha<i Faith: %n 3ntroduction to the Baha<i Faith for Theravada Buddhists. AJford: $eorge Ionald, ?H/?". 3'BC HD?;GD;D>>. ^ Buck, #hristopher "HH>!. LThe eschatology of $lobaliNation: The multiple/messiahship of Bah(<u<ll(h revisitedL, in 'haron, Moshe: 'tudies in Modern Ieligions, Ieligious Movements and the B(bQ/Bah(<Q Faiths. Boston: Brill, p. :>;/:BD. 3'BC GH/H>/:;GH>/>.

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