Maitreya, in Buddhist tradition, is the future Buddha.
He is presently a bodhisattva living in the Tushita heaven.. It is beleived that they will descend to Earth to preach the dharma (“law”). This will happen when the teachings of Gautama Buddha have completely decayed. The name Maitreya is derived from the Sanskrit maitrī (“friendliness”).
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Sanskrit | मैत्रेय (Maitreya) |
Pāli | मेत्तेय्य (Metteyya) |
Burmese | အရိမေတ္တေယျဘုရား (MLCTS: a.ri. metteyya bhu.ra:) (IPA: ʔəjḭmjɪʔtèja̰ pʰəjá) |
Chinese | 彌勒菩薩 弥勒菩萨 (Pinyin: Mílè Púsa) |
Cyrillic | Майдар, Асралт (Mayidar, Asaraltu) |
Japanese | (romaji: Miroku Bosatsu) |
Karen | မဲၣ်တယါ ဘူးဒး (Mehtuhyah Boodah) |
Khmer | សិអារ្យមេត្រី, អរិយមេត្តយ្យ |
Korean | 미륵보살 彌勒菩薩 (RR: Mireuk Bosal) |
Mongolian script | ᠮᠠᠢᠢᠳᠠᠷᠢ ᠠᠰᠠᠷᠠᠯᠲᠤ |
Shan | ဢရီႉမိတ်ႈတေႇယႃႉ |
Sinhala | මෛත්රී බුදුන් (Maithri Budun) |
Tagalog | ᜀᜒᜆᜎ᜔ᜌᜀ (Maitleya) |
Thai | พระศรีอริยเมตไตรย (RTGS: Phra Si Ariya Mettrai) |
Tibetan | བྱམས་པ་ (Wylie: byams pa) (THL: Jampa) བྱམས་པ་མགོན་པོ་ (Wylie: byams pa'i mgon po) (THL: Jampé Gönpo) |
Vietnamese | 彌勒菩薩 (Di lặc Bồ Tát) |
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Venerated by | Mahayana, Theravada, Vajrayana |
Attributes | Compassion and Kindness |
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