Maitreya

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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’.

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