Maitreya

Maitreya, in Buddhist tradition, the future Buddha, presently a bodhisattva residing in the Tushita heaven, who will descend to earth to preach anew the dharma (“law”) when the teachings of Gautama Buddha have completely decayed. ... The name Maitreya is derived from the Sanskrit maitrī (“friendliness”).

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