Has anyone heard of Maitreya??

Anchor · 10-30-2009, 02:29 AM

Well I wont be prejudging. I haven't met this one yet

I have seen Benjamin Creme in person when I lived in the UK - I went to one of his lectures and asked him a question even.

I used to read share international about 15 years ago.

You know - even if some genuine "good" guy does show up to help us humans out, there will be people who think he is the antichrist and people who beleive the opposite.

Maitreya - or this one anyway - is rather overdue - I am basing the statement on the words written by Benjamin Creme in his newspapers/magazines from some time back.
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no caste · 10-30-2009, 03:03 AM

I've heard of Maitreya. I had seen ads in the newspapers over the years too. I studied about ... actually her (Kuan Yin, China) roots in Buddhist eschatology.

More self-proclaimed Maitreyas

The following people listed are just a small portion of the several people who claimed themselves to be Maitreya. Many have either used the Maitreya incarnation claim to form a new Buddhist sect or have used the name of Maitreya to form a new religious movement or cult.

* Gung Ye, a Korean warlord and king of short-lived state of Taebong during the 10th century, claimed himself as living incarnation of Maitreya and ordered his subjects to worship him. His claim was widely rejected by most Buddhist monks and later he was dethroned and killed by his own servants.
* In 613 the monk Xiang Haiming claimed himself Maitreya and adopted imperial title.[13]
* In 690 Empress Wu inaugurated the Second Zhou dynasty, proclaimed herself an incarnation of the future Buddha Maitreya, and made Luoyang the "holy capital." In 693 she replaced the compulsory Dao De Jing in the curriculum temporarily with her own Rules for Officials. [14]
* Lu Zhong Yi, the 17th patriarch of I-Kuan Tao, claimed to be an incarnation of Maitreya.
* L. Ron Hubbard, founder of Dianetics and Scientology, suggested he was "Metteya" (Maitreya) in the 1955 poem Hymn of Asia. His editors indicated, in the book's preface, specific physical characteristics said to be outlined—in unnamed Sanskrit sources—as properties of the coming Maitreya; properties which Hubbard's appearance supposedly aligned with.
* Raël's Maitreya claims[1] center on the content of the Agama Sutra (Japanese: Agon Sutra)[15], supposedly a very ancient text written by Buddha himself, but which has been deemphasized or forgotten by the majority of Buddhist cultures.[16] Raël has claimed directly to people attending Asia Raëlian Church seminars, that someone born in France, a country which is often symbolized by the **** (or rooster), west of the Orient, meets the criteria of the Maitreya. Rael himself claims to be this individual.[17]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maitreya

10-30-2009, 02:29 AM	#1
Anchor Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia Posts: 2,280	Re: Has anyone heard of Maitreya?? Well I wont be prejudging. I haven't met this one yet I have seen Benjamin Creme in person when I lived in the UK - I went to one of his lectures and asked him a question even. I used to read share international about 15 years ago. You know - even if some genuine "good" guy does show up to help us humans out, there will be people who think he is the antichrist and people who beleive the opposite. Maitreya - or this one anyway - is rather overdue - I am basing the statement on the words written by Benjamin Creme in his newspapers/magazines from some time back. A..

10-30-2009, 03:03 AM	#2
no caste Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 2,375	Re: Has anyone heard of Maitreya?? I've heard of Maitreya. I had seen ads in the newspapers over the years too. I studied about ... actually her (Kuan Yin, China) roots in Buddhist eschatology. More self-proclaimed Maitreyas The following people listed are just a small portion of the several people who claimed themselves to be Maitreya. Many have either used the Maitreya incarnation claim to form a new Buddhist sect or have used the name of Maitreya to form a new religious movement or cult. * Gung Ye, a Korean warlord and king of short-lived state of Taebong during the 10th century, claimed himself as living incarnation of Maitreya and ordered his subjects to worship him. His claim was widely rejected by most Buddhist monks and later he was dethroned and killed by his own servants. * In 613 the monk Xiang Haiming claimed himself Maitreya and adopted imperial title.[13] * In 690 Empress Wu inaugurated the Second Zhou dynasty, proclaimed herself an incarnation of the future Buddha Maitreya, and made Luoyang the "holy capital." In 693 she replaced the compulsory Dao De Jing in the curriculum temporarily with her own Rules for Officials. [14] * Lu Zhong Yi, the 17th patriarch of I-Kuan Tao, claimed to be an incarnation of Maitreya. * L. Ron Hubbard, founder of Dianetics and Scientology, suggested he was "Metteya" (Maitreya) in the 1955 poem Hymn of Asia. His editors indicated, in the book's preface, specific physical characteristics said to be outlined—in unnamed Sanskrit sources—as properties of the coming Maitreya; properties which Hubbard's appearance supposedly aligned with. * Raël's Maitreya claims[1] center on the content of the Agama Sutra (Japanese: Agon Sutra)[15], supposedly a very ancient text written by Buddha himself, but which has been deemphasized or forgotten by the majority of Buddhist cultures.[16] Raël has claimed directly to people attending Asia Raëlian Church seminars, that someone born in France, a country which is often symbolized by the **** (or rooster), west of the Orient, meets the criteria of the Maitreya. Rael himself claims to be this individual.[17] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maitreya