The number of the beast : 666. Possessing the seven [types of] treasures [of a wheel-turning ruler], That ruler of men will govern the landwhich will extend without interruption to the limitless oceans, At that time, this lord of the land, who is called akha, will have four great treasures each with a billion jewels. Edited by Graham Sandberg and A. William Heyde. Lvi (393) includes this line in his translation. Those women will give birth to sons with ease and well-being. Majumder has (AMV 14, n. 2), but Lvi (386, v. 44) gives , literally pregnant wives. 151 (AMV 29). "Classical" portrayals often show him . emphasis on faith and the descriptions of its potent efficacy. Lvi (393) also agrees with A. Conze (239) omits this verse. In particular the referent of all these () is vague. 2003 Preview SONG TIME Winteryear. [At an assembly] attended by 84,000 people. 8:19 PREVIEW Lost Divinity. Literally, illness. I have decided to retranslate it mainly in order to refresh and practice my woefully inadequate knowledge of Sanskrit but also with the motivation to provide a full, fresh English translation of this treatise for faith-based Buddhism. . ac was the goddess of beauty. Also, he did not tell the world that " Maitreya is the Christ." There was a gentleman in England by the name of . Lvi (394) also omits it, but Conze (240) has And he will win his enlightenment the very same day (sic.) The narrative however does participate in the glorification of the Buddha that had become common-place by the early days of the Great Vehicle. Having done only minimal research, I wonder, a genre of texts that were prevalent in Central Asia around this time. However, the vision of the Prophecy of Maitreya, while containing hints of those elements, is distinctly more limited than those later Great Vehicle epics. The Theosophical Maitreya: On Benjamin Creme's Millenarianism. 120The Tibetan has having worshipped the stpas of kyamuni by sprinkling saffron water and rubbing sandalwood. the rise of the Great Vehicle. Seeing that the audience is receptive, [Maitreya] will speak these truths, and having heard them, they will thus attain to the truth. The prophecy of the arrival of Maitreya is found in the canonical literature of all Buddhist sects (Theravda, Mahyna and Vajrayna) and is accepted by most Buddhists as a factual statement about a long-distant (or, in some cases, an incipient) millennial age.Characterization: Maitreya as Future Buddha Tibetan has , though Jim Valby has honor as a definition of, Atkinson, David W. Maitreya, the Future Buddha., Lvi, Sylvain. 4Winternitz, History of Indian Literature, p. 277. By propitiating such a one like the compassionate Maitreya, best of bipeds, in time you will proceed to nirva. , Publications de lInstitut Orientaliste de Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve: Universit catholique de Louvain, Institut orientaliste, 1988), The Indian notion of a world-ruling king harkens back to the Veda. means duck whereas are long grasses used to make mats. After the destruction of N.Y.C. Bracketed page with sigla represent the Tibetan versions: LH being the Lhasa edition and NT referring to the Narthang. Lvi (394) has Its foliage extend for six lengths of the voice. Mais lui, peine n, parlera: Laisse, laisse, Mille-Yeux, et). In either case, the vignette seems distinctly out of place. 3-10, gives the Tibetan version of the text since both Sanskrit manuscripts are missing that section. . 77 (AMV 15). 170Verses 105 and 106 are not found in edition A. he Tibetan is ambiguous enough to be read either way, more sense contextually, following Yijing. I will effect the liberation of sentient beings immersed in the sea of cyclic existence, who experience great suffering and are bound by the fetters of thirst.. Given the breadth of their knowledge and their agreement, they are most likely correct. His eyes will be like the petals of a lotus.76 (45), His body will have a height of 50 hands,77 and thus with abundance he will grow up and out into a handsome form.78 (46), [At an assembly] attended by 84,000 people, [NT 964] that [youth] Maitreya will teach about mantras.79 (47) [16], Then, akha, the lord of men, will erect a sacrificial post 32 arms wide by 2000 arms tall.80 (48), The lord of men will decorate that sacrificial post with various jewels. Lvi. In some Buddhist literature, such as the Amitabha Sutra and the Lotus Sutra, the being is referred to as Ajita. As with Siddhrtha, Maitreyas future mother will have an idyllic pregnancy, and, while she holds a branch of a tree, the baby will emerge from her side to avoid the crud of birth. I will not visit [this world] again. BHS Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit as a language form. 126The next verse found only in edition B clearly returns to the third person, thus signifying the end of Maitreyas speech, as is made clear in the Tibetan. the S.C.O. Edition B has = right then and there (AMV 20). Here, he gives the essential keynotes of the Maitreya prophecy and with these words I conclude this article. 58 (AMV 12), (LH 982.6, NT 962.2-962.3). Maitreya is a bodhisattva who in the Buddhist tradition is to appear on Earth, achieve complete enlightenment, and teach the pure dharma. 36 (AMV 8; LH 980.7; NT 960.4) Literally, cymbals with five branches/parts.. 171 (AMV 30), (LH 991.2, NT 969.6). His assembly will be 100 yojanas [deep] on all sides. But there are a few Buddhist prophecies that are more specific to the time when the Maitreya will arise: "After my decease, first will occur the five disappearances. In terms of the age-old translators dilemma of translating the words versus the meaning, I fallas most dosomewhere in the middle. 4806 of the Asiatic Society, Calcutta. The Sanskrit word (named/called) is also not represented in the Tibetan. Having sprinkled saffron water and rubbed sandalwood paste on the stpas of the sage of the kyas, you have indeed come into my teachings. Upon hearing that, the Fortunate One said, In his day, the oceans will dry up, receding 100 yojana. 45, (AMV 10; LH 981.3; NT 960.7) An army comprised of elephants, chariots, cavalry, and infantry (MW 384.1). . 75 (AMV 15), (LH 984.3, NT 963.6). This is made abundantly clear not only in the teachings that come from the mouth of Maitreya in the story, but in its closing verses (104-107) as well: Thus, when one calms their thoughts by placing them on the conqueror, the sage of the kyas, then you will see the thoroughly enlightened Maitreya, the best of bipeds. For Mithil, the Tibetan has which usually translates the name of the city Mathura (AMV 10-11; LH 981.5-981.6; NT 961.2-961.3). (35), Looking upwards in the four directions, he will proclaim these words: This is my last life. However, here the term is used ambiguously and does not necessarily refer to that doctrine of the three bodies, which was fully developed by the Yogcrins in the 4, . Edition A and the Tibetan leaves this out and instead has accompanied by thousands ( , AMV 20, n. 9; , LH 986.6, NT 965.7-966.1). (70), Because you have given to the Sangha118 gifts of clothes, food and drink, and various cures for the weary, you have indeed come into my teachings.119 (71), Having sprinkled saffron water and rubbed sandalwood paste on the stpas of the sage of the kyas, you have indeed come into my teachings.120 (72) [23], It is because you placed your vows in the teachings of the Lion of the kya clan and have in fact thoroughly guarded them that you have indeed come into my teachings.121 (73), You have spent the noble, auspicious, eight-limbed upoadha days122 fasting, on the 14th, the 15th and likewise the 8th of the month, and moreover you were very focused on the eight-limbed [upoadha vows] during the Miraculous fortnight.123 (74) [LH 988] [NT 967], Having accepted the well-obtained precepts and the teachings, those beings have gone to the teachings, and you beings have gone [for refuge] to the Buddha, the teaching, and the community, and because of performing that meritorious deed, you have approached my teachings.124 (75), You beings are impelled by that, and so you have met with me. The highlighting of faith and the use of elements from the Siddhrthas hagiography are aspects of Buddhism that coincided and contributed to the rise of the Great Vehicle. Some of the relevant ones are bright appearance, clearness, brightness, lamp, flame, torch and sign, mark, flag, banner (MW 309.1). The Twelfth Imam is not a Christian/biblical idea, but rather a concept in Shia Islam tied to Muslim beliefs about the end times. Maitreya. The Tibetan has (LH 990.7, NT 969.5). The Tibetan has with/by the gods (, LH 983.5, NT 963.1). Rick Branch. The LH edition (981.2) has the correct spelling or grove, garden, park. I often translate this word as doctrine, but in this context there is enough dissonance with that standard translation to merit a deviation from it. (7), The earth will be free from thorns and level, with verdant plains. Latin transliteration of non-Latin languages is a remnant of a time when technological limitations made it difficult to incorporate two fonts within the same text (think of typesetters). The truth body is one of the three bodies () of the Buddha, along with the enjoyment body () and the emanation body (). 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 kyamuni Buddha. It is equated with the Indian subcontinent, which for Indians of the Buddhas time was the civilized world. (104) [30], So, [when] one places their thoughts on the Doctrine, the Buddha, [LH 991] and the best of assemblies, the Sagha, they will become very powerful.168 [105], Through propitiating169 such a one like the compassionate Maitreya, best of bipeds, in time you will proceed to nirva.170 [106], Having heard this extraordinary [tale] and having seen such abundant good fortune,171 what wise person would not have faith,172 since even those in dark rebirths do so? This fulfills another prophecy: He did not give himself the name Maitreya (and all His other names). 42, (AMV 9; LH 981.3; NT 960.6-960.7). Lvis article includes a transcription of edition A and a French translation of the text. The highest of these realms is the oft-mentioned Akaniha Heaven. The Maitreya buddha (Ml f ) is the buddha who is to come among us in the future as a successor to the historical Shakyamuni buddha (Shjimun f ). Maitreya will come from one of the upper castes, but instead of being from the warrior caste, he will be from the priestly caste of Brhmaa, As with Siddhrtha, Maitreyas future mother. Symbolism says that the color blue attributed to Lord Vishnu is to emphasize and represent that he is Infinite like sky and ocean. (10), The beings there will be faultless, sinless, joyful, and full of life. (24). (Biblical) The Biblical "Day of the Lord" begins with a Polar Shift of the earth. 33 (LH 980.5; NT 960.2). Instead of the four signs of suffering and release that inspires Siddhrtha to renounce his home, the future Maitreya is disillusioned by the. MW Monier-Williams, Sanskrit Dictionary. I do not know Chinese and so have not been able to avail myself of those translations as Lvi and Conze did. The Tibetan consistently translates this as which generally means faith but has a secondary meaning of serenity, confidence. (63), Then, a householder known by the name of Sudhana105 whose being is pure106 [NT 966] will right there go forth [from his home] on account of Maitreyas instruction.107 (64), At this point, the jewel of women [i.e., the main wife] of akha, known by the name Vikh108 along with 84,000 women, will step forward and desire to go forth. A Tibetan-English Dictionary. By Scott Wood. Patajali and the Beginnings of Dharmastra: An Alternative Social History of Early Dharmastra Production. In. was written, the dominance of the Brhma, was so strong that it prompted the author of the text to derive the future Buddha from their class to show that Buddhists were as good or. You have been encompassed125 by the sage, the best of teachers, whose intelligence is great.126 (76), Seeing that the audience is receptive, [Maitreya] will speak these truths, and having heard them, they will thus attain to the truth,127 the highest stage. 34 (LH 980.6; NT 960.3) AMV (8) has , but LH and NT clearly have though in both texts the looks like a . Lamotte, Etienne. LH (979.5) has The Indian notion of a world-ruling king harkens back to the Veda Avamedha sacrifice, in which a horse would be released and the king and his army would follow it for a year conquering anyone in its path. 11, 1911, 439-457. It is surprising he does not notice that the addition of the word would break the metre of the verse (anuubh, 4 verse of 8 syllables), but perhaps the text is so irregular in this regard such deviation is commonplace. 1. (12) [7], At that time, the royal capital will be called Ketumati,28 and it will be a place where beings who act virtuously toward [all] creatures29 live.30 (13), It will indeed be 12 yojanas long and 7 yojanas wide.31 [NT 960] It will be a pure and pleasant city, created through virtue. The Tibetan has 64 fathoms side to side, 1000 top to bottom ( , LH 984.6, NT 964.1). This and the following verse are missing from the Tibetan. Though, these predictions were made more than 5,000 years ago by Lord Krishna, but they appear to be so accurate that you can't deny any of it. (9) [LH 980] [6], And the trees will be a league wide, loaded with leaves, flowers and fruit, and in those days their lifespan will be 80,00025 years. He will be a great hero, raised to his station by the force of hundreds of meritorious deeds. Then he translates the equivalent of verse 27. See note 20. Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Grammar and Dictionary. (88), On that road, they will lay out everywhere carpets as soft as cotton. (9), And the trees will be a league wide, loaded with leaves, flowers and fruit, and in those days their lifespan will be 80,000. past life have achieved one of four meditative stabilizations. Conze follows suit (240). Waiting for Maitreya. 67 (AMV 14). And having seen this transitoriness of the sacrificial post, Maitreya will contemplate the whole of cyclic existence, and he will long to go forth from home [in renunciation]. For, having taken up the baby, no more mention is made of Indra. Thus, Subrahma, Maitreyas father, is the highest ranking Hindu priest of the day. Maitreya, le bouddha du futur, avec la fiole contenant le nectar du dharma dans la main gauche ; art du Gandhara, II e sicle. 61This verse breaks the flow of the narrative. As a tatpara, (great kings) is a noun ending in short -, which makes it a nominative plural to match (four). The text of the has already been translated into French by Sylvian Lvi in 1932. Gilgit Manuscripts. The Desire Realm is composed of six sub-realms where beings, primarily motivated by desire, are reborn, as gods, demigods, humans, animals, hungry ghosts, or hell beings. There will be no more rebirths. 57Majumder says this verse is found in Athe Asiatic Society of Calcutta Manuscriptand the Tibetan but that it is omitted from B, the Gilgit manuscript. advertisement. They will have eliminated obstacles. Conze skips this section but Lvi (391) translates it as: Its moats, dug with elegance, show a profusion of white and blue lotuses (Ses fosss, creuss avec elegance, etalent une profusion de padmas et d'utpalas). Also, I personally do not like the use of Sanskrit words within an English translation unless those wordslike Buddha, nirva, and karmahave become common loan words in English. To a vast audience that stretches for miles, Maitreya explains at relative length (8 verses) how the whole audience is there only because in the past they followed the teaching of kyamuni Buddha and performed pious acts, such as donating to monasteries, worshiping at Stupas, and so forth. 174 (AMV 30) or (AMV 30 n. 4) The Tibetan is: (LH 991.3). Tibetan agrees with version B (the reading above): (LH 989.4, NT 968.3-968.4). Legends seems the best choice (for now). Based on the Tibetan, it seems the verb is causative future with an unmodified root vowel, and the should really be , making outflows in the accusative plural or the object of the cause. 70Sanskrit has or (AMV 14 verse 42 and note 3); Tibetan has (LH 984.1, NT 963.4). AMV rya Maitreya-Vykaranam, The Prophecy of the Superior Maitreya, ed. Maitreya is usually attributed to the name used in Buddhism for "a Buddha yet to come," though the origins of Maitreya are unclear and disputed. 172 optative, middle, 3rd person singular of - to settle down, become clear. 54 (AMV 11), (LH 982.3; NT 961.7). He would then concentrate on all the buddhas and make the following aspiration: 1. 46 (AMV 10; LH 981.4; NT 961.1). However, I am not quite clear on their meaning. The US attack on Iran is the Pearl Harbor that will incite direct Sino-Russia engagement. , , , they will be those whose stream [of existence] has been severed, without grasping, and who have left the ocean of existence (, he Tibetan for the whole verse reads: Those who practiced the way of a, the teaching of Maitreya [will be] without negativity, without afflictive emotions, and without doubt (, , Tibetan and Edition A have Having compassion for all beings (, The truth body is one of the three bodies, of the Buddha, along with the enjoyment body. Winternitz, M. A History of Indian Literature. Its moats, dug with elegance, show a profusion of, , differs significantly for the last line and the following verses, he has Shankha by name, who will rul. Mi-Lar is the transliteration of Maitreya in Mandarin. One still has a body here but not the coarser aspects of desire. Bibliotheque de lEcole de Hautes tudes, Sciences Religieuses. The translation has been reviewed several of times, but I do not consider it polished. Let go, Thousand-Eyes! and (Maitreya porteur des trente-deux marques. Leaving out the midwife but consistent with Indra snatching the baby in verse 34, version A translates: Thrilled indeed, the thousand-eyed, king of the gods, husband of ac will take that youth with the thirty-two marks. and the Japanese monograph on Maitreyas Pure-land by Matsumoto Bunzabur. The first half of the sentence uses the third person singular, 30). Pigala (tawny, gold-colored) is located in, Kaliga, a historical region on the east coast of India below Calcutta. At the end of the year the horse would be sacrificed to the gods. Once he renounces worldly life, it takes Maitreya only a day to achieve enlightenment. 72Conzes translation (239) resumes here with And when his father sees that his son has the thirty-two Marks of a superman, and considers their implications in the light of the holy mantras, he will be filled with joy.. (19), Moreover there will be pools in that city filled with blue lotuses and white water-lilies, and there will be marvelous parks and forests.39 (20), The king there40 will be called akha.41 A man full of majesty and with great power, he will be a wheel-turning king42 with dominion over the four continents.43 (21) [10], Possessing the seven [types of] treasures [of a wheel-turning ruler],44 he will be a commander of a four-part army.45 A full thousand sons will be born to this world ruler. Literally, voice possessing eight parts of. His congregation will be so vast that it could encompass all current followers of kyamuni (verses 79-81). Maitreya has also been adopted for his millenarian role by many non-Buddhist religions in the past, such as the White Lotus, as well as by modern new religious movements, such as Yiguandao. It looks most like a future causative, though for that would be . (97), Those [beings] will assuredly be faultless and without doubt. Edition A has By way of height, his body will be 80 hands; his width, twenty hands, [and] the circle of his face, half of that ( , AMV 15, n. 4; LH 984.4-984.5, NT 963.7). 9These are respectively , and , . 51 (AMV 11), (LH 982.2; NT 961.5). The printed text has: and the digital version has (http://www.dsbcproject.org/canon-text/content/415/1880 accessed May 8, 2018). Maitreya is a transcendent bodhisattva named as the universal Buddha of a future time. Harmondsworth, Middlesex, Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1959. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x000242495?urlappend=%3Bsignon=swle:urn:mace:incommon:virginia.edu. . These will be pacified Hearers with great intelligence. Lamotte also maintains there is such a text in the Chinese tradition. 17 (AMV 3, LH 979.2, NT 958.6). At least as far as Benjamin Creme of Share International Organization, the one who professed Christ returned. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1984. Following this verse, Edition A and the Tibetan have inserted: Having continually gone for refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, and Sagha and having then performed virtuous actions, you have indeed come into my teachings. (AMV 22 n. 7; LH 987.4-987.5; NT 966.6-966.7). Moreover there will be pools in that city filled with blue lotuses and white water-lilies, and there will be marvelous parks and forests. These are the Desire Realm (, ), Form Realm (, ), and Formless Realm (, ). Maitreya..One of the so called 'Masters of the Earth. (15) [8], Moats built by jeweled bricks and arrayed with carpets of red and blue lotuses will be adorned with decorative grasses.34 (16), They will be completely encircled by seven rings of Tla trees35 that are made of four kinds of jewels and are adorned with lattices of tiny bells. Winternitz cites in a note on that page that the name of the author is found only in the Tokharian and Uigurian fragments of the text. 2, 1997, p193-200). people flock to the community renouncing the world and becoming monks and nuns, including Maitreyas whole family. Only Buddhist practitioners who are Non-returners (, ) are born there. Maitreya is Maitreyavyakarana in Sanskrit for short. Sudhana is the name of the protagonist in the, Sudhana to which this is a reference, and out of that cycle coalesced the, Tibetan leaves this out and instead has , d after the constellation of the same name. Cf. (LH 982.3; NT 961.7). 6. The Maitreya Prophecy. In Scripture, fire can signify the Holy Spirit. (Tibetan ) literally translates as outflow and refers to the outflowing of psychic energy toward objects of desire, but is commonly translated as contamination. (79), His second congregation will be a full 940 million Hearers. It shows the synthesis underlying the political, social, economic and spiritual changes now occurring on a worldwide scale and seeks to stimulate . You beings are impelled by that, and so you have met with me. 130The form of the verb in the second sentence is puzzling: . Clay Sanskrit library. Tibetan has when one thoroughly believes. Conzes translation (239) differs significantly for the last line and the following verses, he has Shankha by name, who will rule over the earth up to the confines of the ocean; and he will make the Dharma prevail. The meaning here seems to be closer to, (reality) since it is described as the highest level (. The Sanskrit critical edition was compile. (86), The resounding music will be divine,142 and a divine garland will fall [from the sky]. From the face of the sky celestial clothes and flowers will fall. Numbers in brackets without a sigla represent the page number from that same edition. Edgerton, Franklin. Instead, he happily joins the community of renunciates upon his sons awakening. It is equated with the Indian subcontinent, which for Indians of the Buddhas time was the, . Either Conze is paraphrasing here, editing out what he sees as irrelevant elaborations, or, more likely, he is using a Chinese text instead of Tibetan in lieu of the missing first folios of the two extant Sanskrit editions. 4, 2nd ed. 92Edition A omits this verse, but it is found in both B and the Tibetan. William Dwight Whitney Linguistic Series. I am following Lvi (394) here: Et, accompagne du meme nombre de personnes. Tibetan has at the forefront of an equal number of Brhmaas (, LH 986.5, NT 965.6-965.7). 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