SHORT INTRO TO MATREYA- THE FUTURE BUDHA

1. Matreya –
The Future Buddha
Sheeza Mahak

2. • Sakyamuni Buddha predicted that his teaching
would last only for 5000
years before
disappearing

3. The prophecy concerning Maitreya
Buddha
• The prophesy of arrival of
matreya refers to time
when dharma will have
been forgotten by most on
Jambudvips
Translated by Edward Conze in
his Buddhist Scriptures
(Penguin Books, 1959), from
page 238.

4. MAITREYA
• future Buddha
• appear on the earth to teach complete and
pure dharma
• successor of histrionic Shakyamuni Buddha

5. ORIGIN
• is derived from the word maitrī (Sanskrit) or
mettā (Pāli) meaning "loving-kindness“
• first appearance in Buddhist sculpture in
ckkavatti sutta of the Pali Tipitika
• By that time, another Buddha will gain
awakening called matreya Buddha
• we are currently under the ‘era’ of Sakyamuni
Buddha

6. CHARACTERICS OF
MAITREYA
• One of the earliest mention of Maitreya is
a Sanskrit text
• the Maitreyavyakarana (The Prophecy of Mai
treya), stating that Gods, men and other
beings will worship Maitreya

7. TRANSLATION
• "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 holy life.
No longer will they regard anything as their own, they
will have no possession, no gold or silver, no home, no
relatives! But they will lead
the holy life of chastity under Maitreya's guidance.
They will have torn the net of the passions, they will
manage to enter into trances, and theirs will be an
abundance of joy andhappiness, for they will lead
a holy life under Maitreya's guidance."
(Trans. in Conze 1959:241)

8. GENRAL DESCRIPTION OF MATRIYA
• Pictured as…
• Dressing
• chakra wheel

9. RITUALS AND WORSHIPS TO MATREYS
• worshipped for wealth, happiness
• he is able to give gist of child

10. TWO MAIN REASONS
• “To take rebirth in Tusita Heaven, a kind of
Pure Land, so as to receive the teaching of the
Dharma"
• “To gain sufficient merits as to obtain a rebirth
during His appearance on earth, to hear His
teachings and to be saved by Him.”

11. ‘NAMO-MI-LO FWO’
come matreya come
MEANS

12. HAPPY FAT BUDDHA- MATREYA
• Happy Fat Buddha or Laughing Buddha is in
reality known as the Maitreya Buddha.

13. MYTHS RELATED TO HAPPY FAT
BUDDHA