Maitreya is the next Buddha who is now awaiting in Tusita Heaven to come down to enable men to rediscover the truth taught by Gautama.
This will happen once the teachings on the truth of life taught by Gautama Buddha are no longer effective because people have forgotten or that people have misrepresented the truth, the very same truth that are present in all religions and sects but which people with passing of time see as separate and at times conflicting.
This is due to the workings of men and not the workings of God and Heaven. Men have egos and want to stand out from one another. They project this ego need even in the religions or sects they are in.
Religions like the parts of an elephant may present the different aspects of God and Divinity but men being blind to the totality of Divinity argue till kingdom come that the different religions and sects do not belong to the same one Divinity.
This is because men are blind and do not grasp the overall reality. Men do perceive in their separate individual ways but are still blind to reality.
Reality has to do with the Word or Doctrine. The Word is God. Maitreya is not going to add to the confusion by being some new Buddha or saint but Maitreya will invigorate the original basic teaching common to all religions and sects and from which the other distinctive elaborations and practices grew. These made the various religions and sects appear different.
The teachings of Maitreya cannot be new or distinctive but when in the hands of men, they will appear to be so. Even who will be Maitreya is already a controversy.
Is he the next prophet that all religions talk about? Will he fulfill the prophesy of the second coming? God knows but men may not know.
It is often said that a notable teaching of Maitreya Buddha upon his descent to the world will be the ten non-virtuous deeds and the ten virtuous deeds.
The ten non-virtuous deeds are killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, divisive speech, abusive speech, idle speech, covetousness, harmful intent and wrong views.
The ten virtuous deeds are the abandonment of: killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, divisive speech, abusive speech, idle speech, covetousness, harmful intent and wrong views.
The purported teachings of Maitreya will not be new but will be a paraphrase or representation of the teachings in all religions and sects.
They teach us how to be good and pure, how to love life, our own as well as others. Above all, they made us good and empower us to teach others how to be good as well.
The teachings would be simple and down to earth, not complex and remote to the ordinary men.
How to be good has to do with the Word or Basic Truth of Goodness which is present and universal to all religions.
There will be many claimants to Maitreya but what is important is the teaching of the claimants and not whether any of them is the true Maitreya.
It is the Word that counts and not who is the real Maitreya. Idol or hero worshiping is an obstacle to deliverance - enlightenment. It is admittedly after all no different from any other form of indulgence or clinging.
But, perhaps there is still one difference. The hero or idol worshipers are near to the lord though far in substance of the Word.
Maitreya's advent in years to come or when it happens will be because of the Word and nothing else. It will be because men fail to see the sun as rising from the East and are insistent that the sun must rise from the west
It will be because men see not the simple truth of need for purity and simplicity but go for the fantasy of the sun rising from the west and the complexity of philosophy and academic indulgence in religion. Religion is not the purview of the academia, not the playground and forte of the intellectuals.
It should also never even be the domain of the men oozing with charisma out to mislead with notions that are akin to and as ridiculous as the sun rising from the west.
Such fantasy of sun rising from the west can happen but what are the odds. Will it ever happen even if it can? Should it even happen?
But it has and can possibly happen when wolves in sheep's clothing make the scene in temples and in churches. They move the masses and cause deep hurt and damage. They want men to idolise not only God and saints but them as well.
Lord Bo Tien's descent in 1969 is for the Word and not for men to idolise or put him on the pedestal for hero or idol worshiping.
There is in reality no difference between the two - hero worshiping and idol worshiping. Men should not even idolise God and saints, let alone fellow men however good men may be.
Lord Maitreya will come when men are blind and see not the simplicity of truth. It will happen when men see not that the sun should rise from the east - when men prefer to idolise God and saints instead of living up to the Word.
It is equally not good if men end up idolising the Word and worshiping the Word as ultra holy verses, mantras and incantations to be kept in seclusion like relics in pagodas instead of fathoming the Word, spreading the Word and living in the Word.
Maitreya may come sooner than we think.
This will happen once the teachings on the truth of life taught by Gautama Buddha are no longer effective because people have forgotten or that people have misrepresented the truth, the very same truth that are present in all religions and sects but which people with passing of time see as separate and at times conflicting.
This is due to the workings of men and not the workings of God and Heaven. Men have egos and want to stand out from one another. They project this ego need even in the religions or sects they are in.
Religions like the parts of an elephant may present the different aspects of God and Divinity but men being blind to the totality of Divinity argue till kingdom come that the different religions and sects do not belong to the same one Divinity.
This is because men are blind and do not grasp the overall reality. Men do perceive in their separate individual ways but are still blind to reality.
Reality has to do with the Word or Doctrine. The Word is God. Maitreya is not going to add to the confusion by being some new Buddha or saint but Maitreya will invigorate the original basic teaching common to all religions and sects and from which the other distinctive elaborations and practices grew. These made the various religions and sects appear different.
The teachings of Maitreya cannot be new or distinctive but when in the hands of men, they will appear to be so. Even who will be Maitreya is already a controversy.
Is he the next prophet that all religions talk about? Will he fulfill the prophesy of the second coming? God knows but men may not know.
It is often said that a notable teaching of Maitreya Buddha upon his descent to the world will be the ten non-virtuous deeds and the ten virtuous deeds.
The ten non-virtuous deeds are killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, divisive speech, abusive speech, idle speech, covetousness, harmful intent and wrong views.
The ten virtuous deeds are the abandonment of: killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, divisive speech, abusive speech, idle speech, covetousness, harmful intent and wrong views.
The purported teachings of Maitreya will not be new but will be a paraphrase or representation of the teachings in all religions and sects.
They teach us how to be good and pure, how to love life, our own as well as others. Above all, they made us good and empower us to teach others how to be good as well.
The teachings would be simple and down to earth, not complex and remote to the ordinary men.
How to be good has to do with the Word or Basic Truth of Goodness which is present and universal to all religions.
There will be many claimants to Maitreya but what is important is the teaching of the claimants and not whether any of them is the true Maitreya.
It is the Word that counts and not who is the real Maitreya. Idol or hero worshiping is an obstacle to deliverance - enlightenment. It is admittedly after all no different from any other form of indulgence or clinging.
But, perhaps there is still one difference. The hero or idol worshipers are near to the lord though far in substance of the Word.
Maitreya's advent in years to come or when it happens will be because of the Word and nothing else. It will be because men fail to see the sun as rising from the East and are insistent that the sun must rise from the west
It will be because men see not the simple truth of need for purity and simplicity but go for the fantasy of the sun rising from the west and the complexity of philosophy and academic indulgence in religion. Religion is not the purview of the academia, not the playground and forte of the intellectuals.
It should also never even be the domain of the men oozing with charisma out to mislead with notions that are akin to and as ridiculous as the sun rising from the west.
Such fantasy of sun rising from the west can happen but what are the odds. Will it ever happen even if it can? Should it even happen?
But it has and can possibly happen when wolves in sheep's clothing make the scene in temples and in churches. They move the masses and cause deep hurt and damage. They want men to idolise not only God and saints but them as well.
Lord Bo Tien's descent in 1969 is for the Word and not for men to idolise or put him on the pedestal for hero or idol worshiping.
There is in reality no difference between the two - hero worshiping and idol worshiping. Men should not even idolise God and saints, let alone fellow men however good men may be.
Lord Maitreya will come when men are blind and see not the simplicity of truth. It will happen when men see not that the sun should rise from the east - when men prefer to idolise God and saints instead of living up to the Word.
It is equally not good if men end up idolising the Word and worshiping the Word as ultra holy verses, mantras and incantations to be kept in seclusion like relics in pagodas instead of fathoming the Word, spreading the Word and living in the Word.
Maitreya may come sooner than we think.
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