Maitreya

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Classical Indian Authors • Authors of Sanskrit Works

བྱམས་པ་

Wylie	byams pa
Romanized Sanskrit	Maitreya
English Phonetics	Maitreya, the Future Buddha

 

Other names

• འཕགས་པ་བྱམས་པ།་
• བྱམས་པའི་མགོན་པོ་
• མགོན་པོ་བྱམས་པ་

• 'phags pa byams pa
• byams pa'i mgon po
• mgon po byams pa

Tibetan calendar dates

Dates of birth

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Rab Jyung

Dates of passing

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Rab Jyung

About

Students

Asaṅga

Other Biographical info:

Maitreya is often called the future Buddha and is the bodhisattva who resides in Tushita heaven until coming to the human realm to take the role of the next Buddha after Shakyamuni Buddha.

Links

BDRC Link

http://tbrc.org/link?RID=P6118

Treasury of Lives Excerpt

Himalayan Art Resources Link or Other Art Resource

https://www.himalayanart.org/pages/maitreya/index.html

Wiki Pages

• Maitreya on the DRL
• Maitreya on the LIB
• Maitreya on the BNW

Buddha Nature Project

Person description or short bio

Known in Tibetan as the "Lord of Love" or the "Noble Loving One" འཕགས་པ་བྱམས་པ། (Pakpa Jampa), the "Loving Protector" བྱམས་པའི་མགོན་པོ་ (Jampay Gonpo), in Chinese as 弥勒佛 (Mi Le Fo), Japanese as Miroku, and commonly as Maitreya throughout Asia and beyond. Maitreya is the bodhisattva called the "future Buddha" who resides in Tushita heaven until coming to the human realm to take the role of the next Buddha after Shakyamuni Buddha. According to tradition, Asaṅga received teachings from Maitreya and recorded them in the five major works of Maitreya, which form the basis for buddha-nature teachings and the larger Yogacara teachings in general.

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All beings have Buddha-nature
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Svātantrika (རང་རྒྱུད་) vs Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ་)
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Related to Asaṅga

Writings

• Bibliography of the Works of Maitreya

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Search Words: maitreya

• 'phags pa byams pas zhus pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo / (Arya-maitreyaparipRcchA-nAma-mahAyAna-sUtra.)

[P. No.] 0816, mdo sna tshogs, nu 293a3-293b6 (vol.33, p.36)

[D. No.] 0149, mngo sde, pa 330b1-331a2. [N] da 470b7-472a2. [Kinsha] -

• 'phags pa byams pa 'jug pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo / (Arya-maitreyaprasthAna-nAma-mahAyAna-sUtra.)

[Tr] jinamitra., [Tr] prajAvarma., [Tr] surendrabodhi., [Tr] ye shes sde /

[P. No.] 0865, mdo sna tshogs, mu 283a3-304b2 (vol.34, p.241)

[D. No.] 0198, mngo sde, tsa 274b6-296a7. [N] ba 440b5-475b2. [Kinsha] -

• byams pa'i sgrub thabs / (maitreyasAdhana.)

[Tr] abhaya., [Tr] tshul khrims rgyal mtshan / (zIladhvaja.), [Tr] zAnta.

[P. No.] 4087, rgyud 'grel, thu 301a7-301b4 (vol.80, p.200)

[D. No.] 3264, rgyud, bu 19a4-19b1. [N] thu 286b4-287a1. [Kinsha] 2089, thu 376a1 (p.188-3-1)

• byams pa'i sgrub thabs / (maitreyasAdhana.)

[Tr] abhaya., [Tr] tshul khrims rgyal mtshan / (zIladhvaja.)

[P. No.] 4088, rgyud 'grel, thu 301b4-302a1 (vol.80, p.200)

[D. No.] 3265, rgyud, bu 19b1-19b5. [N] thu 287a1-287a6. [Kinsha] 2090, thu 376a6 (p.188-3-6)

• byams pa'i sgrub thabs / (maitreyasAdhana.)

[Tr] don yod rdo rje / (amoghavajra.), [Tr] ba ri /

[P. No.] 4172, rgyud 'grel, du 44a8-44b6 (vol.80, p.235-236)

[D. No.] 3351, , mu 35a3-35a7. [N] du 39b4-40a2. [Kinsha] 2174, du 47a1 (p.24-2-1)

• byams pa'i sgrub thabs / (maitreyasAdhana.)

[P. No.] 4433, rgyud 'grel, du 307a2-307a7 (vol.81, p.47)

[D. No.] 3611, , mu 236a3-236a6. [N] du 280a2-280a5. [Kinsha] 2435, du 332b2 (p.167-4-2)

• byams pa'i sgrub thabs / (maitreyasAdhana.)

[P. No.] 4434, rgyud 'grel, du 307a7-307b4 (vol.81, p.47)

[D. No.] 3612, , mu 236a6-236b2. [N] du 280a5-280b2. [Kinsha] 2436, du 332b6 (p.167-4-6)

• 'phags pa byams pa'i sgrub thabs / (AryamaitreyasAdhana.)

[A] zAkyazrIbhadra., [Tr] byams pa'i dpal / (maitrIzrI.)

[P. No.] 4470, rgyud 'grel, du 340a4-340b2 (vol.81, p.60-61)

[D. No.] 3647, , mu 260b1-260b5. [N] du 308b3-308b7. [Kinsha] 2472, du 369a6 (p.184-4-6)

• 'phags pa byams pa'i sgrub thabs / (AryamaitreyasAdhana.)

[A] thogs med / (asaGga.), [Rev] buddhazrI., [Tr] dge bshes ston pa /, [Rev] gnubs /, [Tr] jo bo chen po /

[P. No.] 4471, rgyud 'grel, du 340b2-341b4 (vol.81, p.61)

[D. No.] 3648, , mu 260b5-261b2. [N] du 308b7-309b6. [Kinsha] 2473, du 369b4 (p.185-4-4)

• srid pa'i 'pho ba'i Ti ka / (bhavasaMkrAntiTIkA.)

[A] byams pa mgon po / (maitreyanAtha.), [Tr] gru ston chung /, [Tr] zla ba gzhon nu /

[P. No.] 5241, dbu ma, tsa 171b4-178b2 (vol.95, p.71-73)

[D. No.] 3841, mdo 'grel, tsa 151b7-158a7. [N] tsa 162a7-169a6. [Kinsha] 3240, tsa 232a6 (p.116-3-6)

• theg pa chen po mdo sde'i rgyan gyi tshig le'ur byas pa / (mahAyAnasUtrAlaMkArakArikA.)

[A] byams pa mgon po / (maitreya nAtha.), [Rev] parahita., [Rev] sajjana., [Tr] zAkyasiMha., [Rev] blo ldan shes rab /, [Tr] dpal brtsegs /

[P. No.] 5521, sems tsam, phi 1-43b3 (vol.108, p.1-19)

[D. No.] 4020, sems tsam, phi 1a1-39a4. [N] phi 1a1-38a2. [Kinsha] 3520, phi 1b1 (p.1-2-1)

• dbus dang mtha' rnam par 'byed pa / (madhyAntavibhAga.)

[A] mgon po byams pa / (nAtha maitreya.), [Tr] jinamitra., [Tr] zIlendrabodhi., [Tr] ye shes sde /

[P. No.] 5522, sems tsam, phi 43b4-48b1 (vol.108, p.19-21)

[D. No.] 4021, sems tsam, phi 40b1-45a6. [N] phi 38a2-42a6. [Kinsha] 3521, phi 47b1 (p.25-2-1)

• chos dang chos nyid rnam par 'byed pa / (dharmadharmatAvibhAga.)

[A] byams pa / (maitreya.), [Rev] parahita., [Tr] zAntibhadra., [Rev] dga' rdor /, [Tr] tshul khrims rgyal ba /

[P. No.] 5523, sems tsam, phi 48b1-51b6 (vol.108, p.21-22)

[D. No.] 4022, sems tsam, phi 46b1-49a6. [N] phi 42a6-45b3. [Kinsha] 3522, phi 54b1 (p.29-1-1)

• chos dang chos nyid rnam par 'byed pa'i tshig le'ur byas pa / (dharmadharmatAvibhaGgakArikA.)

[A] mgon po byams pa / (nAtha maitreya.), [Tr] mahAjana., [Tr ] seng ge rgyal mtshan /

[P. No.] 5524, sems tsam, phi 51b6-54b7 (vol.108, p.22-24)

[D. No.] 4023, sems tsam, phi 50b1-53a7. [N] phi 45b3-48b2. [Kinsha] 3523, phi 59b1 (p.31-2-1)

• theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos / (mahAyAnottaratantrazAstra.)

[A] mgon po byams pa / (nAtha maitreya.), [Tr] sajjana., [Tr] blo ldan shes rab /

[P. No.] 5525, sems tsam, phi 54b7-74b6 (vol.108, p.24-32)

[D. No.] 4024, sems tsam, phi 54b1-73a7. [N] phi 48b3-69a3. [Kinsha] 3524, phi 64b1 (p.33-3-1)

• 'phags pa dgongs pa nges par 'grel pa'i mdo las 'phags pa byams pa'i le'u nyi tshe'i bshad pa / ([AryasaMdhinirmocanasUtre-AryamaitreyakevalaparivartabhASya.])

[A] ye shes snying po / (jAnagarbha.)

[P. No.] 5535, sems tsam, tshi 171a1-203a8 (vol.109, p.193-209)

[D. No.] 4033, sems tsam, bi 318b1-345a7. [N] tshi 164b2-197a5. [Kinsha] 3534, tshi 188b1 (p.94-3-1)

• 'phags pa byams pa'i smon lam / ([AryamaitreyapraNidhAna.])

[P. No.] 5925, ngo mtshar bstan bcos, mo 292a7-293b1 (vol.150, p.237)

[D. No.] 4378, sna tshogs, nyo 303b3-no 304b5. [N] mo 284b6-285b7. [Kinsha] 3934, mo 362b5 (p.181-4-5)

Refers to something that is taught for a specific reason, rather than because it is entirely true.

Along with Madhyamaka, it was one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Asaṅga and Vasubandhu around the fourth century CE, many of its central tenets have roots in the Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra and the so-called third turning of the dharma wheel (see tridharmacakrapravartana).

Along with Yogācāra, it is one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Nāgārjuna around the second century CE, it is rooted in the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras, though its initial exposition was presented in Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā.

The state of being devoid of that which is wholly different rather than being void of its own nature. The term is generally used to refer to the ultimate, or buddha-nature, being empty of other phenomena such as adventitious defiling emotions but not empty of its true nature.

The state of being empty of self, which references the lack of inherent existence in relative phenomena.

Tsen Khawoche's "meditative tradition" of exegesis of the Uttaratantra; it is one of two major Tibetan traditions of exegesis, both stemming from students of Sajjana.

Sādhana refers to a method of practice through which one can actualise a specific spiritual result, and by extension to the texts and manuals which present such methods. A sādhana in the Vajrayāna Buddhist context generally involves the worship and visualisation of a tantric deity, chanting of mantras, and associated practices. The practice often begins with verses of taking refuge and cultivating altruistic thought, then carrying out meditation on emptiness and the mandala of deity, seven-part worship, chanting of mantras, and finally the dissolution of the deity which was visualised.

Though it is sometimes used synonymously with Yogācāra, it is in fact one of the more prominent philosophical theories associated with this school. It asserts that the objects in the external world with which we interact are actually mentally created representations appearing as those objects. The character of these perceptions is predetermined by our own karmic conditioning that is stored in the ālayavijñāna.