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'''Maitreya''' (Skt.; [[Wyl.]] ''byams pa'') or '''Maitreyanatha''' (Wyl. ''byams pa'i mgon po'') is the [[bodhisattva]] who will be the next [[buddha]] after [[Shakyamuni Buddha]]. For now he resides in [[Tushita]]. He transmitted teachings to [[Asanga]], who transcribed them as the ‘[[Five Treatises of Maitreya]]’.  
'''Maitreya''' (Skt.; [[Wyl.]] ''byams pa'') or '''Maitreyanatha''' (Wyl. ''byams pa'i mgon po'') is the [[bodhisattva]] who will be the next [[buddha]] after [[Shakyamuni Buddha]]. For now he resides in [[Tushita]]. He transmitted teachings to [[Asanga]], who transcribed them as the ‘[[Five Treatises of Maitreya]]’. As one of the [[eight great bodhisattvas]], he is sometimes depicted as whitish-yellow in colour and holding an orange bush which dispels the fever of the [[destructive emotions]].


==Further Reading==
==Further Reading==

Revision as of 15:59, 8 September 2009

Maitreya

Maitreya (Skt.; Wyl. byams pa) or Maitreyanatha (Wyl. byams pa'i mgon po) is the bodhisattva who will be the next buddha after Shakyamuni Buddha. For now he resides in Tushita. He transmitted teachings to Asanga, who transcribed them as the ‘Five Treatises of Maitreya’. As one of the eight great bodhisattvas, he is sometimes depicted as whitish-yellow in colour and holding an orange bush which dispels the fever of the destructive emotions.

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