Lord Maitreya teaches us the same path of individual Christhood leading to the attainment of Buddhahood that he taught Jesus more than two thousand years ago.
According to the traditions of Buddhism, Gautama Buddha prophesied to his disciples that after the planet had been steeped in a period of darkness, Lord Maitreya would descend to earth to preside over an age of enlightenment. Buddhists today await Maitreya’s coming in much the same way that Christians await Jesus’ Second Coming.
Maitreya plays many roles in the various Buddhist traditions throughout the Far East. Not only is he the guardian of the Dharma but he is also an intercessor and protector, a guru who personally initiates his devotees, a messenger sent by the Eternal Mother to rescue her children, a messiah who descends when the world is in turmoil to judge the wicked and save the righteous and, last but not least, he is the Laughing Buddha.
Maitreya is not so relevant to us as a past Bodhisattva or a future Buddha as he is gloriously relevant to us as a very present ascended master in our midst having full Buddhic powers and attainment, which he may transmit to us through teachings and initiations. As the ascended master who holds the office of Cosmic Christ and Planetary Buddha, Maitreya teaches us the same path of individual Christhood leading to the attainment of Buddhahood that he taught Jesus more than two thousand years ago.
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