Item: Maitreya (Bodhisattva & Buddhist Deity)

Tibetan: རྒྱལ་བ་བྱམས་པ། Chinese: 弥勒佛

(item no. 65413)

Origin Location	Mongolia
Collection	Rubin Museum of Art

Classification: Deity

Interpretation / Description

Maitreya (Tibetan: cham pa. English: Love), the bodhisattva of loving kindness and the coming buddha of the future aeon - currently residing in the Tushita heaven.

"With the fire of great love burning the fuel of anger, the light of pristine awareness removes the darkness of ignorance; heir to the Conqueror's Dharma, upcoming leader of beings; to the one residing in Tushita, I bow." (Sakya liturgical verse).

Jeff Watt 9-98

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