Maitreya

A FIGURE WHO HAS NOT ARRIVED YET, filed in the same single era as the historical Buddha's lifetime — which is the era-vocabulary problem this batch escalates, in its sharpest form. TYPE deity IS THE NEAREST CATEGORY THIS SCHEMA HAS AND THE TRADITION DOES NOT USE IT. Buddhism does not regard a Buddha or a bodhisattva as a god; the devas this corpus already holds under the Buddhist key are, in this tradition's own view, unenlightened beings inside samsara, and the figures in this block stand above them precisely by NOT being gods. The record says so rather than letting the type field make the claim.

Domains

• loving kindness

Relations

• of the eight great bodhisattvas with: MañjuśrīIn-batch. The kind records a SET MEMBERSHIP the source states outright, on the footing lane 25 used for the circle of Hebat in the kaluti — it is not a claim about a relationship between two beings.Reference treatment of the eight great bodhisattvas: they are the eight principal attendants of the Buddhas in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism, representing the main enlightened qualities of the Buddha — Manjushri, Avalokiteshvara, Vajrapani, Maitreya, Ksitigarbha, Akasagarbha, Samantabhadra and Sarvanivaranaviskambhin; Tara, the embodiment of compassion and swift activity, is related to this bodhisattva tradition. (secondary)

Sources

• The bodhisattva who represents loving-kindness, and who is prophesied to be the next Buddha, appearing in the world when the teachings of Śākyamuni fade.: Reference treatment of the eight great bodhisattvas: they are the eight principal attendants of the Buddhas in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism, representing the main enlightened qualities of the Buddha — Manjushri, Avalokiteshvara, Vajrapani, Maitreya, Ksitigarbha, Akasagarbha, Samantabhadra and Sarvanivaranaviskambhin; Manjushri embodies wisdom, Avalokiteshvara compassion, Vajrapani power; Maitreya represents loving-kindness and is prophesied to be the next Buddha when the teachings of Shakyamuni fade; Ksitigarbha embodies the vow to rescue beings from the lowest realms, particularly the hell realms; Samantabhadra's particular specialty is making the most potent aspirations and wishing prayers; Tara, the embodiment of compassion and swift activity, is related to this bodhisattva tradition. (secondary)