and Improved.). 10This popular work has been translated many times. 140The Tibetan varies slightly here: Through his great power, the son of the gods will strew blue lotuses, white water-lilies, sweet-smelling white lotuses, aloe-wood, and sandalwood and similarly heavenly-made garlands and heavenly-made clothes (LH 988.7-989.1, NT 968.1). Lvi (394) has Its foliage extend for six lengths of the voice. I bow to you, highest of beings!149 O your eminence,150 you who are the pinnacle of men, have compassion on the community! (92), At that point Mra, son of the gods, with his great magical powers, will be there. The Asiatic Society manuscript of the text was written during the 57th year of Gopladeva of the Pla dynasty of Bengal. The Tibetan translation for the name of Indras wife, ach, is , though it is unclear how the Tibetan is derived from the Sanskrit. MW (1154.1) translates this as going entirely over or beyond. The Tibetan text differ in their translation, though this is possibly a scribal error: (NT 964.5), (LH 985.3-985.4). 23 (AMV 5; LH 979.5; NT 959.2). (95), The whole earth will be filled with Foe-Destroyers whose defilements154 will have been destroyed; faults, thrown away; and bonds of existence, cast off. 103 (AMV 20). It is only upon penetrating the truth of existence (according to the Buddhists) that one is liberated from this cycle, The Sanskrit translates literally as Lord of aid/might, , while the Tibetan translates as Lord of bliss and so forth. So the translation arms has been used as the unit of measurement, and the numbers have been doubled. The Tibetan also uses the verb to touch: 17, n.3). And having taken Maitreya who will have the 32 marks of greatness, the midwife will bring that [newborn] blazing with good fortune to [his] mother. Then, the teacher Maitreya, the highest of humans, looking down. It is found in the canonical literature of all Buddhist sects, and is accepted by . These are the Desire Realm (, ), Form Realm (, ), and Formless Realm (, ). These are the Buddhist Pure Lands that the highest realm of cyclic existence. It is a critical edition of the two extant manuscript versions of the Sanskrit text: one preserved in the collection of the Royal Asiatic Society (Edition A) brought to the attention of modern scholars by Sylvain Lvis article Maitreya Le Consolateur in Mlanges Linossier, tudes Dorientalisme, vol II (1932): 355402, and the other found in the stpa at Gilgit (Edition B). Edition A has (Lvi 389, v. 94). Buddha Maitreya is the Buddha of the future, also known as the Laughing Buddha, is the one to follow up the historical Buddha Sakyamuni. Jambudvpa (the continent of Jambu [trees]) is one of the four main continents surrounding Mount Meru. "The prophecies state that Maitreya will synthesize the religions of the world under one teaching and unify the West and East together to create perfected beings." ( Golden Keys I ) The central figure of all these prophecies is Maitreya , and the backbone of these prophecies is from the book The Revelation in the Bible . 100Approximately 311 to 764 miles, depending on the calculation of the size of a yojana. 16According to Lvi, Yijings Chinese version adds here a more elaborate description that follows the typical Stra formula, [riputra] rose from his seat, covered his right shoulder, kneeled on his right knee, joined his hands together and spoke, I would like to ask you a question. Dutt, Sukumar. Full references are listed in the Bibliography. Lamotte, Etienne. See Whitney, Sanskrit Grammar, 102-103 ( 304). The Sanskrit critical edition was compile. It will have a wall made of seven jewels, as tall as sound will travel. This was predicted by the ancient goddes Gaia. Lvi explains this abrupt shift by interpolating a line, the source of which he does not give, but one can surmise it is from the Chinese versions, of which there are several. In the sutra, it was foretold that Maitreya would become the final Buddha of the future who would lead all sentient life to achieve enlightenment. Maitreya was born in Tehran, Persia, about 100 years after the beginning of the Bab's Mission. People live longer; the world is vaster, and the Buddha comes from the highest class. 67 (AMV 14). Waiting for Maitreya. According to MW (444.3) these are the Palmyra or Fan-palm trees (Borassus flabellifer). MW (1154.1) translates this as going entirely over or beyond. The Tibetan text differ in their translation, though this is possibly a scribal error: The first is literally coming correctly. (101), After having led hundreds of thousands of living creatures with the body of his doctrine,163 that guide will then enter nirva. Maitreya is a bodhisattva who in the Buddhist tradition is to appear on Earth, achieve complete enlightenment, and teach . The gods will strew [flowers] on the sage who has come to the city. The translation has been reviewed several of times, but I do not consider it polished. In verse 27 the name is given as Subrahmaa (, has very shrill, literally greatly agitated (, By way of height, his body will be 80 hands; his width, twenty hands, [and] the circle of his face, half of that, , . ) Often the literal translation is the most exact, but sometimes idioms and metaphors and the more culturally specific forms of the language need a less restricted translation, these I footnote with the original text. They will cause no harm and be virtuous. Indian Buddhism: A Survey with Bibliographic Notes. The notion here is that the oceans recede creating a path for such a world-ruling king to circumscribe the whole world. But there are a few Buddhist prophecies that are more specific to the time when the Maitreya will arise: "After my decease, first will occur the five disappearances. Instead. Maitreya has also been adopted for his millenarian role by many non-Buddhist religions in the past, such as the White Lotus, as well as by modern new religious movements, such as Yiguandao. Rick Branch. A 1,200 year old Tibetan Buddhist prophecy of 'The Shambhala Warrior'. The Ahaly Story Through the Ages. In Myth and Mythmaking: Continuous Evolution in Indian Tradition, by Julia Leslie, 3962. Although there is no scriptural evidence that the antichrist will come in the form of such a person, there are similarities between them. In the Formless Realm, one no longer even has a body, because such a person has achieved one of four even more rarified meditative stabilizations. Only Buddhist practitioners who are Non-returners (, ) are born there. : , 1800. http://tbrc.org/link?RID=O01JW005|O01JW00501JW15936$W22703. Moats built by jeweled bricks and arrayed with carpets of red and blue lotuses will be adorned with decorative grasses. Symbolism says that the color blue attributed to Lord Vishnu is to emphasize and represent that he is Infinite like sky and ocean. The Tibetan has (LH 988.5, NT 967.6). New Haven: Yale University Press, 1953. http://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/u1036127. As for the origin of the first version, Majumder says: The Asiatic Society manuscript of the text was written during the 57th year of Gopladeva of the Pla dynasty of Bengal. (22) [NT 961], That ruler of men will govern the landwhich will extend without interruption to the limitless oceans46in accordance with the [Buddhist] doctrine. There is no mention of dependent arising, nor of selflessness, or any other of the early Buddhist doctrines. However, the text was probably written somewhere between the end of the 2nd century CE and the beginning of the 3rd. Instead, he happily joins the community of renunciates upon his sons awakening. (AMV 18 n.3). . Delhi: Sri Satguru Publications, 1984. http://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/u2451526. . ac was the goddess of beauty. (86), The resounding music will be divine,142 and a divine garland will fall [from the sky]. Seeing that the audience is receptive, [Maitreya] will speak these truths, and having heard them, they will thus attain to the truth. The present text, as edited here, is mainly based on the manuscript discovered at Gilgit. And the gods will hold up a white parasol over the head of that [boy]. Olivelle, Patrick. To a vast audience that stretches for miles, donating to monasteries, worshiping at Stupas, and, These words are put in the mouth of Maitreya, whereas the Four Noble Truths are presented, Buddhist community and the future audience of Maitreya, It is a story written primarily for lay Buddhist practitioners saying to them. Patajali and the Beginnings of Dharmastra: An Alternative Social History of Early Dharmastra Production. In. Bah's believe that Bah'u'llh is the fulfillment of the prophecy of appearance of Maitreya. Common Buddhist lore is that in Maitreyas time in the future his tree of enlightenment will be the Nga-tree ( [AMV 18], [LH 985.2; NT 964.7). According to scriptures, Maitreya will be a successor to the present Buddha, Gautama Buddha (also known as kyamuni Buddha). 137 (AMV 25). Stras which focus on Maitreya, such as the Maitreyavyakarana (Maitreya Prophecy) and The Sutra That Expounds the Descent of Maitreya Buddha (Taisho 454). The reason this could be said is because it has been about 2,500 years since this prophecy was first told by the original Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, and . The Tibetan of this sentence seems to diverge from the Sanskrit in. A Tibetan-English Dictionary. The Maitreya buddha (Ml f ) is the buddha who is to come among us in the future as a successor to the historical Shakyamuni buddha (Shjimun f ). Winternitz cites in a note on that page that the name of the author is found only in the Tokharian and Uigurian fragments of the text. (9) [LH 980] [6], And the trees will be a league wide, loaded with leaves, flowers and fruit, and in those days their lifespan will be 80,00025 years. From the face of the sky celestial clothes and flowers will fall. Historians have sometimes suggested that his cult may be derived from the Iranian deity Mithra, since his story is not well worked out in early Buddhism. It is found in the canonical literatur of all Buddhist sects (Theravda, Mahyna, Vajrayna), and is accepted by most Buddhists as a statement about an event that will take place when the Dharma will have been forgotten on . , , . ) 32 This Sanskrit terms often translated as a league also means yell, shriek, shout, and this is reflected in the Tibetan translation distance resounding, the meaning matching the colloquial English expression ear shot.. However, it could also be the case that in the age when the AMV was written, the dominance of the Brhmaical culture was so strong that it prompted the author of the text to derive the future Buddha from their class to show that Buddhists were as good or in fact better than the Brhmaas, the Hindu priests. Then, akha, the lord of men, will erect a sacrificial post 32 arms wide by 2000 arms tall. 59 (AMV 12), (LH 982.6; NT 962.3). I cannot find any other reference to the eight qualities or parts of the voice. The Sanskrit derives from - down, off and meaning giving. Monier-Williams, Monier, Sir. The highest of these realms is the oft-mentioned Akaniha Heaven. 8Jeremy Norman, The Gilgit Manuscripts, the Oldest Manuscript Collection Surviving in Pakistan and India, https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=4213 (Accessed February 14, 2021). Buddha, who was sent to India, spoke to a Hindu audience, in terminology that they could relate to and . Having accepted the well-obtained precepts and the teachings, those beings have gone to the teachings, and you beings have gone [for refuge] to the Buddha, the teaching, and the community, and because of performing that meritorious deed, you have approached my teachings. Winternitz cites in a note on that page that the name of the author is found only in the Tokharian and Uigurian fragments of the text. Maitreya Le Consolateur. In, Olivelle, Patrick. 57Majumder says this verse is found in Athe Asiatic Society of Calcutta Manuscriptand the Tibetan but that it is omitted from B, the Gilgit manuscript. 22, (AMV 4). Both A and the Tibetan omit it (AMV 13 n. 4). The stra called the Lions Roar on the Turning of the Wheel Discourse (cakkavatti-shanda-sutta). (4), In his day, the oceans will dry up, receding 100 yojana20 along the shore, and that will become the highway of a world ruling king (cakravartin).21 (5), Jambudvpa22 in those days will be a plain 10,000 yojanas square,23 and will be an abode for all beings. heaven, awaiting his last rebirth when the time is ripe. Before He departed He gave a prophecy that the cultures He had inspired would eventually fall to the tragedy of greed and war. THE FUTURE BUDDHA-----('Maitreyavyakarana') Maitreya will appear in the future, some thirty thousand years hence. (93). Paris: E. Laroux, 1932. Since the Tibetan ends with the (zhes), this indicates the end of Maitreyas speech in the story in the Tibetan translation. Lvi (393) follows edition A and the Tibetan, une taille de quatre-vingts longueurs de main, une largeur de vingt mains, le disque du visage moiti moins.Conze (240) has His body is eighty cubits high, and twenty cubits broad.. 150 (AMV 27), (LH 989.5, NT 968.4). Maitreya lists a number of such devotional actions of the lay community that will result in a follower being part of Maitreyas retinue in the future: worshiping at stpas (he mentions this twice), giving gifts to the Sangha, taking vows according to the teaching, observing upoadha (Pli uposatha) fasting days12 (a primarily lay ritual), and going for refuge. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1989. The prjali is a gesture of cupping the hands together and offering them to the person as a sign of respect. According to Buddhist tradition, Maitreya is a bodhisattva who is prophesied to appear on Earth, achieve complete . Review of Matsumoto Bunzabur, Shnen-Thieme, Renate. Literally, desires, not eating, and old age. The translation borrows from Conze (238-239), Three kinds of illness only are known people must relieve their bowels, they must eat, they must get old, and Lvi (391) who has . From the. The truth body is one of the three bodies () of the Buddha, along with the enjoyment body () and the emanation body (). The difference here in. As the disciples were praying together, flames of fire settled on them, signifying the outpouring of the Holy Spirit . There will be no more rebirths. , that term best fits all the parameters here. 110This is essentially a repeat of verse 60 (AMV p. 21). These will be pacified Hearers whose minds are pacified.133 (81), Having set in motion the wheel of the doctrine, and indeed having educated gods and men, he will go [begging for] food in the city, accompanied by the community of Hearers. AMV (7) has , *. LHs term translates as correctly ceasing. Though neither text uses the most common Tibetan word for transcendence,. idyllic pregnancy, and, while she holds a branch of a tree, the baby will emerge from her side to avoid, the crud of birth. One still has a body here but not the coarser aspects of desire. Tibetan has you will achieve great things (, 30, missing in edition A/Lvi). MAITREYA EXPLAINED IN "THE SECRET DOCTRINE" There is a prophecy on Maitreya (Jampa) known to Buddhists, and is very briefly discussed in "The Secret Doctrine."Helena P. Blavatsky never applies any interpretation to Maitreya throughout the entirety of her collected writings, except to extremely brief mentions, that was not already known to the Hindus and the Buddhists. Thompson, Richard. . 69Edition A adds a verse here: And on that day pregnant women will deliver. The attribution of the text to ryacandra is notable. Here, he gives the essential keynotes of the Maitreya prophecy and with these words I conclude this article. Literally, voice possessing eight parts of. The prophecy of the arrival of Maitreya is found in the canonical literature of all Buddhist sects (Theravda, Mahyna and Vajrayna) and is accepted by most Buddhists as a factual statement about a long-distant (or, in some cases, an incipient) millennial age.Characterization: Maitreya as Future Buddha 74 (), 958-969 (BDRC W22703, digital copy accessed June 1, 2018: https://www.tbrc.org/#library_work_ViewByOutline-O01JW00501JW15936%7CW22703). This and the following verse are missing from the Tibetan. will take no steps to prevent his sons renunciation. The Tibetan does have (LH 985.3; NT 964.5), literally thinking thus. After this version the Tibetan translates verses 58 and 59 from the Sanskrit, but these will be translated in the Sanskrit order. I will not visit [this world] again. Lvi (394) has fifty leagues ( cinquante lieues). Those women will give birth to sons with ease and well-being., , has and considering what the sacred formulas say (, . What does maitreya mean? Conzes translation (239) differs significantly for the last line and the following verses, he has Shankha by name, who will rule over the earth up to the confines of the ocean; and he will make the Dharma prevail. 119This verse, with a slightly different word order, comes after verse 73 in edition A and the Tibetan (AMV 22 n. 3, LH 987.6-987.7, NT 966.7-967.1). Even the worshiping at stpas (reliquary mounds) is a fairly ancient practice, predating the rise of the Great Vehicle. Based on the Tibetan, it seems the verb is causative future with an unmodified root vowel, and the should really be , making outflows in the accusative plural or the object of the cause. And thus, having heard the doctrine, they will progress in the teaching. The Sanskrit editions are missing the first 24 (A) and 30 (B) verses. Elapatra (probably a simplification of elpattra, meaning cardamom leaf) is found in Gndhra on the north-west on the border with Pakistan, and akhas treasure is in Vras, in Uttar Pradesh, Indiathe center of the Buddhist and Hindu world of the time. A daughter of an Asura, a semi-divine being that can be either malevolent or benevolent, ac became the wife of Indra when he slew her father. It shows the synthesis underlying the political, social, economic and spiritual changes now occurring on a worldwide scale and seeks to stimulate . Most Shia believe there have only been twelve "true" Imams, the last of which has been hiding unseen on earth since the ninth century. Calcutta: K.L. His second congregation will be a full 940 million Hearers. In the English translation that follows, verse numbers will be included in parentheses at the end of the verse. The prophecy of the arrival of Maitreya refers to a time in the future when the dharma will have been forgotten by most on the terrestrial world. The Buddha describes long lifespans of 80,000 years, but the stage of the stra and its prophecy do not extend beyond this Buddha realm. As with Siddhrtha, Maitreyas future mother will have an idyllic pregnancy, and, while she holds a branch of a tree, the baby will emerge from her side to avoid the crud of birth. 115This is a very difficult verse to translate from Sanskrit: , (AMV p. 21). This and the following verse are missing from the Tibetan. 14Taisho, No. Assis au pied de cet arbre, Maitreya, le meilleur des bipdes, arrivera lIllumination totale et insurpassable; pas de doute l-dessus!). You have been encompassed. (14), It will have a wall made of seven jewels, as tall as sound will travel,32 whose turrets33 and gates will actually be decorated with various jewels. However, contextually it is redundant. 113 (AMV 21), (LH 987.2, NT 966.4). New Delhi: Oriental Books Reprint, 1972. http://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/u633247. I will not visit [this world] again.62 Without contaminations I will go to uncontaminated Nirva.63 (36), I will effect the liberation of sentient beings immersed in the sea of cyclic existence, who experience great suffering and are bound by the fetters of thirst.64 (37), And the gods will hold up a white parasol over the head of that [boy]. They will spread various beautiful flower garlands in his path.143 (89), The people will honor him with parasols, flags, and banners, and the minds of men will be soothed by the pleasant resounding of music.144 (90) [27], And akra (Indra), the thousand-eyed145 king of the gods, the husband of ach,146 bristling with delight, will cup his hands together147 and praise the Conqueror Maitreya,148 (91), I do homage to you, noble blooded one! Review of Matsumoto Bunzabur, Miroku Jdo Ron (Etude de La Terre-Pure de Maitreya). Bulletin de lcole Franaise dExtrme-Orient 11 (1911): 43957. In: Lukas Pokorny and Franz Winter, eds. 106 (AMV 20). Jambudvpa is considered to be India, where the Jambu Tree, also known as Rose Apple or Syzygium jambos, grows. Having seen thus that his son has the 32 marks of an exceptional man and examining them with mantras, Just as, through mantras, two [different] destinies of a youth can be seen, [Subrahm will see that his son will be] either a world-ruling leader of men or a Buddha, the greatest of bipeds. Lvi apparently translates this as plus de pchs (without sins) (Lvi 396). I will effect the liberation of sentient beings immersed in the sea of cyclic existence, who experience great suffering and are bound by the fetters of thirst.. 17 (AMV 3, LH 979.2, NT 958.6). 37 (AMV 9; LH 981.1; NT 960.5) Lvi (391) translates this as the height of happiness (au fate du bonheur). He is a representation of the Message brought through Him. 23 (n.d.): 75. However, no matter the level of concentration, all three realms are still within the cycle of cyclic existence (. MW (533.2) equates this with the Ngaruka tree, or the Sweet Orange tree (C, , on all sides. , which seems to be supported by the Tibetan: , Lvi (395) has All you, kyamuni had you before him, the best of sages, the savior, the true protector of the world, in whom the Law rests; he planted you on the path of deliverance, but you have had to wait for my teaching (. "Classical" portrayals often show him . Nakamura, Hajima. - Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By, p. 126The next verse found only in edition B clearly returns to the third person, thus signifying the end of Maitreyas speech, as is made clear in the Tibetan. They will spread various beautiful flower garlands in his path. The four great kings in Buddhism are kings of the four directions, each ruling over a different types of beings. The closest Tibetan words to are either which means to split or which means To make laugh, smile.. 7. 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