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  2. Maitreya - Wikipedia

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    Maitreya or Metteyya , is a bodhisattva who is regarded as the future Buddha of this world in all schools of Buddhism, prophesied to become Maitreya Buddha or Metteyya Buddha. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In some Buddhist literature , such as the Amitabha Sutra and the Lotus Sutra , he is also referred to as Ajitā (Invincible, Unconquerable).

  3. Ten Bodhisattas - Wikipedia

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    When he saw the Buddha, he thought it worthwhile to give his life for the Buddha. And he burnt himself, like a torch. Then the Buddha Kassapa foretold that Nārada would be the future buddha. [4] After Maitreya Buddha died, there will be 100,000 Sunya-Kalpas. After the 100,000 Sunya-Kalpas, there will be a Maṇḍa-Kalpa.

  4. Plum Village Tradition - Wikipedia

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    The Buddha, as taught in this tradition, is not a single, fixed being but exists in multiple forms and dimensions, including in the sangha, as is the interconnectedness of all things. [15] Each person has the potential to become a Buddha, and the path to awakening involves recognizing the impermanent, interconnected nature of all phenomena ...

  5. List of Buddha claimants - Wikipedia

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    Ram Bahadur Bomjon (other names Buddha Boy, Maha Sambodhi, Dharma Sangha, Maitriya Guru, Palden Dorje, Tapasvi) - a 34 year old Nepalese ascetic whom many have hailed as a new Buddha. Naming himself publicly from 2012 as "Maitriya" Guru, he and his followers openly claim that he is the awaited Maitreya Buddha.

  6. Buddhavaṃsa - Wikipedia

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    In response, the Buddha relays the remainder of the Buddhavaṃsa. [9] In the second chapter Gautama tells how in a distant past life as layman named Sumedha, he received a prediction from Dīpankara Buddha that "In the next era you will become a buddha named Gotama.", [10] and told him the ten perfections he would need to practice.

  7. Buddhist eschatology - Wikipedia

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    Due to the notion of the three stages of Dharma as taught by the Sakyamuni Buddha, eschatological thought is inherent to Buddhism in that non-permanence affects the sangha and Dharma teachings, just as it affects all other facets of the visible world. What differentiates eschatological groups from orthodox clergy, however, is the belief that ...

  8. The Buddha - Wikipedia

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    The Buddha then goes on to promote a similar kind of republican style of government among the Buddhist Sangha, where all monks had equal rights to attend open meetings and there would be no single leader, since The Buddha also chose not to appoint one. [381]

  9. Four stages of awakening - Wikipedia

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    The early Buddhist texts portray the Buddha as referring to people who are at one of these four stages as noble people (ariya-puggala, aryas) and the community of such persons as the noble sangha (ariya-sangha). [1] [2] [3] The teaching of the four stages of awakening was important to the early Buddhist schools and remains so in the Theravada ...