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Maitreya

 
WordNet: Maitreya
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the Bodhisattva who is to appear as a Buddha 5000 years after the death of Gautama


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Maitreya may refer to:

  • IJ Francisc Maitreya , Master in Yoga of Cosmic Fire: I do not found religions, neither organizations through which some people to be different from the others, I just want the man to know himself as he is, as a unique and stable value [1]
  • Maitreya, the future Buddha in Buddhist eschatology.
  • Maitreya-nātha, the purported author of a number of Yogacara Buddhist treatises, along with Asanga.
  • Maitreya (Theosophy), a being in the Theosophical hierarchy of Ascended masters
  • Maitreya (Share International), the specific religious concept of the theosophical Maitreya as a messianic figure that will soon appear physically on Earth that has been promoted by since the late 1970s by the Theosophical guru named Benjamin Creme

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