(7), The earth will be free from thorns and level, with verdant plains. , which seems to be supported by the Tibetan: , Lvi (395) has All you, kyamuni had you before him, the best of sages, the savior, the true protector of the world, in whom the Law rests; he planted you on the path of deliverance, but you have had to wait for my teaching (. 395-405, particularly pp. LH (979.5) has The Indian notion of a world-ruling king harkens back to the Veda Avamedha sacrifice, in which a horse would be released and the king and his army would follow it for a year conquering anyone in its path. Homage to the Superior [LH 979] Maitreya! The message to lay people is that faith is enough for this life now; in the future they can actually practice the path of renunciation under Maitreya, and at that point it will not be so hard. 118The Buddhist community. They will be completely encircled by seven rings of Tla trees. It is this which led to the announcement by Maitreya, in June 1945, that He was ready to return at the earliest possible moment, which was 19 July 1977," (The Emergence, October 1990, p. 2 At the end of the year the horse would be sacrificed to the gods. 74 (), 982-996 (BDRC W26071, digital copy accessed June 1, 2018: https://www.tbrc.org/#library_work_ViewByOutline-O1PD110161PD11461%7CW26071) and in bKa gyur (Narthang), vol. 132Edition A and the Tibetan reads: [Hearers] who are freed from the bonds of afflictive emotions ( ; ) (AMV 24 n. 1; LH 988.3, NT 967.4). 90Edition A uses different words with nearly identical meaning (AMV 18 n.1), but the Tibetan is significantly different: The branches of that [tree] will be truly high, [reaching] nearly a yojana into the sky. ( LH 985.6; NT 964.7-965.1). The reason this could be said is because it has been about 2,500 years since this prophecy was first told by the original Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, and . (9), And the trees will be a league wide, loaded with leaves, flowers and fruit, and in those days their lifespan will be 80,000. The Tibetan is (LH 983.7, NT 963.2-963.3). "Classical" portrayals often show him . These will be pacified Hearers whose minds are pacified.133 (81), Having set in motion the wheel of the doctrine, and indeed having educated gods and men, he will go [begging for] food in the city, accompanied by the community of Hearers. 37 (AMV 9; LH 981.1; NT 960.5) Lvi (391) translates this as the height of happiness (au fate du bonheur). 159 (AMV 28), (LH 990.3, NT 969.1). over the earth up to the confines of the ocean; and he will make the Dharma prevail. In this context it could simply mean, , the body of the [true] doctrine/religion., This is the way it is used in the Pli canon (, he Tibetan and edition A have: Having trained them in the excellent doctrine (, , 29). Lvi. Clay Sanskrit library. In the Formless Realm, one no longer even has a body, because such a person has achieved one of four even more rarified meditative stabilizations. Such a king would be called a Chakravartin, or a turner of wheels, referring the kings chariot wheels having turned in circumscribing his kingdom. 2d ed. [107], Therefore, those who, here and now, are desirous of emancipation173 and long for magnanimity174 should remember the teachings of the Buddha and make the good doctrine their teacher. Surrounded by the 84,000 [hearers of Maitreyas sermon], the leader of men will go forth. the use of elements from the Siddhrthas hagiography, are aspects of Buddhism that coincided and contributed to the rise of the Great Vehicle. Conze (238) similarly has when one jumps on it, it gives way, and becomes soft like the leaves of the cotton tree. They are interpreting as a continuative, whereas I am interpreting it as one of a pair of opposites: rising up () and sinking low (). "In the Tushita heaven of the Buddhists dwells the radiant consciousness of Maitreya, the loving one, the desired of all nations - the Buddhist Messiah who is yet to come. Edited by Alex Wayman. (65) [21], And there at that time, hundreds of thousands living beings109 [LH 987] will go forth [from the householder life] under the instruction of Maitreya. Numbers in brackets, Bracketed page with sigla represent the Tibetan versions: LH being the Lhasa edition and. Lvi (392) has chaplain. Out of the 108 verses of the text only two are devoted to describing Maitreyas doctrine, and these are simply a summary of the Four Noble Truths. The Meditation is available to at. The Tibetan is (LH, p 985.1; NT 964.3) The closest root for that Sanskrit future tense is (to scatter, disperse, cleave or split) but its future 3rd person plural should be , though this could be accounted for by BHS. The Miraculous Fortnight (, ) refers to a religious holiday commemorating the legend of the Buddhas competition in the performance of miracles with six other ascetic sages of his day, during which the Buddha demonstrates his complete supremacy and thereby converts his opponents. a different form. A daughter of an Asura, a semi-divine being that can be either malevolent or benevolent, ac became the wife of Indra when he slew her father. The Tibetan ends the previous verse about practicing the eight-limbed upoadha vows with you have approached my teachings and clearly ends the quote. BHSD Franklin Edgertons Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary. Once he renounces worldly life, it takes Maitreya only a day to achieve enlightenment. At the end of the year the horse would be sacrificed to the gods. (101), After having led hundreds of thousands of living creatures with the body of his doctrine,163 that guide will then enter nirva. 2 (1997): 193200. 70Sanskrit has or (AMV 14 verse 42 and note 3); Tibetan has (LH 984.1, NT 963.4). nations will elect M as world leader. - Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By, p. , though it is unclear how the Tibetan is derived from the Sanskrit. See Whitney, Sanskrit Grammar, 102-103 ( 304). The clue that helps us to understand when the Maitreya will be manifested is: " . The prophecy genre is considered by adherents of the Great Vehicle as one of the twelve branches of Buddhas discourse, and indeed several texts of this style are found in the Tibetan collection of the, , as the title makes explicit, concerns the prophecy of, considered to be the next Buddha to come to this world and. However, no matter the level of concentration, all three realms are still within the cycle of cyclic existence (. Two nga kings will bathe him with streams of warm and cool water.65 (38) [14], And having taken Maitreya who will have the 32 marks of greatness, the midwife will bring that [newborn] blazing with good fortune to [his] mother.66 (39) [NT 963], And, [like] a goddess,67 she will ride mounted in an attractive palanquin decorated with various jewels, bearing her son. Blavatsky, Helena Roerich, Alice Bailey, and most recently Benjamin Creme, Maitreya the World Teacher is also known as the Christ (the word is a term used to designate the head of the Spiritual Hierarchy for our planet), th. "Prophet Muhammad was asked who were the people of God referred to as 'another people,' who were to replace the Arabs. NT Narthang edition of the Tibetan text of the Prophecy of the Superior Maitreya. 4, 2nd ed. Out of pity for [all] the worlds, the very wise riputra, universal commander of the doctrine, asked the teacher this:16 (1), Within the earlier and later discourses,17 you have taught about Maitreya, the future Buddha who will serve as leader of the world.18 (2), O best of men, please explain in detail everything about him including his powers as well as his supernormal abilities. During these sabbaths lay people undertake eight vows: 1. not to kill, 2. not to steal, 3. not to be unchaste, 4. not to lie, 5. not to drink alcohol, 6. only eat before noon, 7. refrain from singing and dancing, and 8. not to sleep in an elevated or large bed. Edition A also returns to the third person in its next verse 78. Conze skips this section but Lvi (391) translates it as: Its moats, dug with elegance, show a profusion of white and blue lotuses (Ses fosss, creuss avec elegance, etalent une profusion de padmas et d'utpalas). (28), At that time, a woman with the name of Brahmvat51 will be his wife. The Buddhistgenre known as Legends, or Avadna,2 refers to stories that demonstrate the workings of karma by connecting a previous lifes virtuous or non-virtuous actions to a subsequent lifes beneficial or harmful outcomes respectively. Jambudvpa (the continent of Jambu [trees]) is one of the, continents surrounding Mount Meru. 95. 2: Buddhist Literature and Jaina Literature (Calcutta: University of Calcutta, 1933, rep. 1972), 277-294. One of the earliest mention of Maitreya is a Sanskrit text, the Maitreyavyakarana (The Prophecy of Maitreya), stating that Gods, men and other beings will worship Maitreya and: "will lose their doubts, and the torrents of their cravings will be cut off: free from all misery they will manage to cross the ocean of becoming; and, as a result of Maitreya's teachings, they will . One of the three components of the end-time Babylonian confederacy is the False Prophet representing the false holy spirit. But he, barely out of the womb, will say, Let go! Maitreya will come from one of the upper castes, but instead of being from the warrior caste, he will be from the priestly caste of Brhmaa, As with Siddhrtha, Maitreyas future mother. 82Before this line, A inserts: He will give the sacrificial pillar made of seven jewels to the Brhmaas. ( [sic.] (62), Likewise at the forefront of the same number of people,103 Maitreyas father will also104 set forth in renunciation. And having sat down under those [branches] of that [tree], Maitreya, the highest of people, the leader. These consist of 12 dityas, 8 Vasus, 11 Rudras, and 2 Avins (MW 458.3). Tibetan and Edition A have Having compassion for all beings (, , AMV 29 n.1, LH 990.4, NT 969.2). Trees will grow that produce beautiful cloth of various colors. The Sanskrit does not: (AMV 25). Majumder however used both the Shastri Collection manuscript and a second one found at Gilgit that might not have been available to Lvi in 1932. The Tibetan translation for the name of Indras wife, ach, is , though it is unclear how the Tibetan is derived from the Sanskrit. Following edition A, Lvi translates il voudra quitter le monde. Conze skips these two verses. In , Narthang, 74:96071. The Tibetan reads: (LH 988.2, NT 967.3). In notes and elsewhere, I generally use the languages native script (Tibetan or Devangari) rather than transliteration. Tibetan has you will achieve great things (, LH 991.1, NT 969.5). 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. Thus, Subrahma. 1 Quotes about. Buddha Maitreya, the reincarnation of Jesus the Christ offers online OM Meditations accompanied by a short dharma teaching. Calcutta: K.L. . The Prophecy of the Superior Maitreya5 belongs to a sub-genre of the Avadna known as prophecy or revelation.6 The designation of prophecy is given to these works, because in them a Buddha foretells the future enlightenment of one of their disciple-Bodhisattvas. The sage curses Indra. Once he renounces worldly life, it takes Maitreya only a day to achieve enlightenment. 89Roughly 675 kilometers or 420 miles. Literally, she who has Brahm. From the. Edward Conze has also translated select portions of this text (Conze, Buddhist Scriptures, 238-242). in this future time, Maitreyas fathers name is Subrahma, which means good priest, and he is the skilled minister of the then world-ruling king. See N. Pri, Review of Matsumoto Bunzabur, does not thoroughly source his argument, which, seems primarily based on hypothetical reconstructions of Sanskrit titles from Chinese, and. Conzes translation (239) differs significantly for the last line and the following verses, he has Shankha by name, who will rule over the earth up to the confines of the ocean; and he will make the Dharma prevail. 18Possibly the earliest reference to Maitreya in the Buddhas teachings can be found in a stra in the Collection of Long Discourses or Dgha Nikya. 116Edition B leaves out kyamuni (AMV 22 n. 1). However, I am not quite clear on their meaning. Most important and are the predictions made by Nostradamus, the 3 secrets of Fatima, the biblecode, 666 number of the beast, edgar cayce, visionaires, prediction of the coming third world war, all about the 2012 prophecy, Mayan prophecies, ufo stories and pictures, the Emerge of Maitreya, hebrew spelling, the coming of the 3th antichrist, a . . Common Buddhist lore is that in Maitreyas time in the future his tree of enlightenment will be the Nga-tree ( [AMV 18], [LH 985.2; NT 964.7). people flock to the community renouncing the world and becoming monks and nuns, including Maitreyas whole family. III by Benjamin Creme (1997); 1.4 The World Teacher for All Humanity by Benjamin Creme (2007); 1.5 The Awakening of Humanity, by . (29), Now having having died and fallen52 from [the company of] those in Tuita [heaven],53 Maitreya, the best of persons, will securely bridge the transition between lives54 [by entering] into the womb of that woman. 131, (AMV 24, LH 988.2, NT 967.3). 160 (AMV 28), (LH 990.3, NT 969.1). Review of Matsumoto Bunzabur, Shnen-Thieme, Renate. The Indian measurement vyma () is equivalent to two extended arms (MW, 1038.1). In the Array of Stalks Stra Maitreya is third to last of 52 teachers Sudhana meets, just before Majur and Samantabhadra. the figure of Indra, another mainstay of Brahmic culture, seems to have played an increasingly prominent role in the story over time. will see the thoroughly enlightened Maitreya, the best of bipeds. A Sanskrit-English Dictionary Etymologically and Philologically Arranged With Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European Languages (New Ed., Greatly Enl. Modern technology, and especially Unicode, has obviated that difficulty, and I personally cannot help but feel that the continued use of transliteration has latent undertones of vestigial Colonialism, though I do use it parenthetically in some situations where it is unavoidable for a readers clear understanding. The narrative however does participate in the glorification of the Buddha that had become common-place by the early days of the Great Vehicle. Sudhana is the name of the protagonist in the, Sudhana to which this is a reference, and out of that cycle coalesced the, Tibetan leaves this out and instead has , d after the constellation of the same name. Maitreya is the bodhisattva called the "future Buddha" who resides in Tushita heaven until coming to the human realm to take the role of the next Buddha after kyamuni Buddha. However, the Tibetan translates the two uses as and . The whole three realms58 will be filled with light. Harmondsworth, Middlesex, Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1959. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x000242495?urlappend=%3Bsignon=swle:urn:mace:incommon:virginia.edu. The Tibetan agrees with A: (LH 986.6, NT 965.7). e also will cup his hands together and praise the guide of the world. Buddha Maitreya is the Buddha of the future, also known as the Laughing Buddha, is the one to follow up the historical Buddha Sakyamuni. He will be a great hero, raised to his station by the force of hundreds of meritorious deeds. Then he translates the equivalent of verse 27. This act of the Brhmaas dividing up the sacrificial post (as souvenirs?) Vaishnavism or Vishnuism). 86In the Sanskrit there appears to be no indication that this is a quote from Maitreya except the use of the pronoun I . The first half of the sentence uses the third person singular, . The prophecy of the arrival of Maitreya references a time when the Dharma will have been forgotten on Jambudvipa. the merit accrued to attain any of these rebirths is exhausted. The story of the latter woman is found in both the Pali Canon (Divy 77.28, 466.24; Av i.224.3, ii.9.7; Karmav 87.15; 97.3) and, with significant variations, in the Mlasarvarstivda Vinaya (ii.53.16). 87There is a slight and inconsequential dissimilarity in word order between edition A and edition B. Majumder claims the second line of edition A starts with the word , but it is missing in the Tibetan and edition B, which is evidently a scribal mistake (AMV 17, n.3). 170Verses 105 and 106 are not found in edition A. The Tibetan has for Pigala, though that Tibetan term is usually equated with Kapila. After this one, Conze skips the next fourteen verses and resumes his translation with verse 91. (22) [NT 961], That ruler of men will govern the landwhich will extend without interruption to the limitless oceans46in accordance with the [Buddhist] doctrine. Springfield, VA: Nataraj Books, 2010. The next two verses continue Maitreyas speech, but they are only found in edition B, not in A or in the Tibetan. and Improved.). It is equated with the Indian subcontinent, which for Indians of the Buddhas time was the, . 2 . The Sanskrit word (named/called) is also not represented in the Tibetan. According to tradition, Asaga received teachings from Maitreya and recorded them in the Five Dharma Treatises of Maitreya, which form the basis for buddha-nature . Edition A has (Lvi 389, v. 94). Conze does not translate this section. The prophecy concerning Maitreya Buddha (translated by Edward Conze in his Buddhist Scriptures (Penguin Books, 1959), from page 238. The prophecy genre is considered by adherents of the Great Vehicle as one of the twelve branches of Buddhas discourse, and indeed several texts of this style are found in the Tibetan collection of the Translated Word of the Buddha. Monier-Williams, Monier, Sir. 67 (AMV 14). 44 (a.k.a., or ) (AMV 10; LH 981.3; NT 960.7) These are seven treasures that a wheel-turning world ruler must possess: 1. a precious wheel (, ), 2. a precious jewel (, ), 3. a precious queen (, ), 4. a precious minister (, ), 5. a precious elephant (, ), 6. a precious horse (, ), and 7. a precious general (, ). 41, (AMV 9). 104Following edition A and the Tibetan: (AMV 20, n. 3) and (LH 986.5, NT 965.6). It is equated with the Indian subcontinent, which for Indians of the Buddhas time was the civilized world. 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. Then, with many thousands of musical instruments. Tibetan has (LH 984.3, NT 963.6). BHS Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit as a language form. One of the earliest mention of Maitreya is a Sanskrit text, the "Maitreya-vyakarana" ("The Prophecy of Maitreya") stating that gods, men and other beings will worship Maitreya and will lose their doubts, and the torrents of their cravings will be cut off: "free from all misery, they will manage to cross the ocean of becoming and, as a result of Maitreya's teachings, they will lead a . Maitreya is Maitreyavyakarana in Sanskrit for short. 79Conze (240) skips the next five verses until verse 53. The Tibetan has: (LH 985.3; NT 964.5), which translates simply seeing the excellent beings.. Each treasure is associated with a different region of ancient India. (32b)57, He will be unsoiled by the crud of the womb like a water-lily [is unsoiled] by [dirty] water. 47The Sanskrit editions begin with this verse. In the translations, numbers in parentheses at the end of a verse are the verse numbers from the printed edition edited by Majumder. Except for the differences in pagination, the two Tibetan versions seem nearly identical. The herald of the Cosmic Christ died peacefully as his home in Tufnell Park, north London in October 2016, at the age of 93. 164 (AMV 29), (LH 990.6, NT 969.4). Literally, desires, not eating, and old age. The translation borrows from Conze (238-239), Three kinds of illness only are known people must relieve their bowels, they must eat, they must get old, and Lvi (391) who has les besoins, linanition, la vieillesse., 28 (AMV 7; LH 980.3; NT 959.7). Answer (1 of 5): Maitreya is the Antichrist as in not Christ. Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Grammar and Dictionary. I bow to you, highest of beings!149 O your eminence,150 you who are the pinnacle of men, have compassion on the community! (92), At that point Mra, son of the gods, with his great magical powers, will be there. As for the origin of the first version, Majumder says: The Asiatic Society manuscript of the text was written during the 57th year of Gopladeva of the Pla dynasty of Bengal. Winternitz cites in a note on that page that the name of the author is found only in the Tokharian and Uigurian fragments of the text. Maitreya's Mission, Volume 1, page 128 "I believe the Israelis will procrastinate endlessly and that it may well take the emergence of Maitreya to bring about reconciliation." Maitreya's Mission, Volume 2, page 100 . Majumders edition of the Sanskrit text, pp. Moats built by jeweled bricks and arrayed with carpets of red and blue lotuses will be adorned with decorative grasses. . , in the performance of miracles with six other ascetic sages of his day, during which the Buddha demonstrates his complete supremacy. . Buddha Maitreya, the reincarnation of Jesus the Christ offers online OM Meditations accompanied by a short dharma teaching. 42, (AMV 9; LH 981.3; NT 960.6-960.7). These will be pacified Hearers with great intelligence. Conze (239) has and considers their implications in the light of the holy mantras. His assembly will be 100 yojanas [deep] on all sides.110 (67), Then, the teacher Maitreya, the highest of humans, looking down111 on the crowd with compassion, will proclaim this topic:112 (68), All you [people]113 were seen by the Lion of the kyas, the protector with the best qualities, the world sovereign, and having been entrusted with the sphere114 of the good doctrine, [you] were in fact sent through the path of liberation into my teaching.115 (69) [22], Having worshipped kyamuni116 at the stpas117 with parasols, banners, pendants, perfumes, garlands, and ointments, you have come into my teachings.