Maitreya Buddha

  • He is known as future Buddha ,the one to follow up the historical Buddha.
  • He is represented as sitting figure on the throne with legs hanging down and adorned with rich ornaments holding the stalk of a lotus in his right hand.
  • His body is of yellow colour.
  • He waits in the Tushita heaven for the moment he is to appear on the earth as the Buddha of the fifth world cycle.
  • At present,he is considered as one of the Dhyani Bodhisattvas,the creators of the universe.
  • In the future, he will be like Shakyamuni a mortal manusi Buddha, who lives on the earth for a while in order to teach mankind the doctrine.
  • Maitreya” the loving one”, is widely worshipped in the Himalayan regions,
  • One of the characteristics of Buddha Maitreya is in seated posture(BHADRASANA).This posture of benevolence,with both legs pendant, resting on a small support looks like the European sitting posture.
  • He holds both his hands in front of his heart is dharmakaya mudra,the gesture of turning and preaching the wheel of the Buddhist law.
  • Maitreya is depicted with an urna(third eye) on his forehead, elongated earlobes and an ushnisaya on the top of his thick curly hair.

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