Theos-Talk Archives (May 2000 Message tt00370)

One of the quotes cited by Dallas from HPB (Secret Doctrine I, p. 470)
says:

"As this Bodhisatva is said "to assume any form he pleases" from the
beginning of a Manvantara to its end, though his special birthday
(memorial day) is celebrated according to the Kin-kwang-ming-King
("Luminous Sutra of Golden Light") in the second month on the nineteenth
day, and that of "Maitreya Buddha" in the first month on the first day,
yet the two are one. He will appear as Maitreya Buddha, the last of the
Avatars and Buddhas, in the seventh Race. This belief and expectation
are universal throughout the East. Only it is not in the Kali yug, our
present terrifically materialistic age of Darkness, the "Black Age,"
that a new Saviour of Humanity can ever appear."


>From the above quote we may assume that "Maitreya Buddha" will not show
up for another  426,000 years and change.


Martin Leiderman
West Los Angeles, CA


"dalval2nwc.net" wrote:

> May 30th 2000
>
> Dear Kate:
>
> With the help of some of the original writings by HPB we can
> trace the esoteric meaning of the legend or prophecy concerning
> the coming of a great Buddha named MAITREYA.
>
> As an example in THEOSOPHICAL GLOSSARY, p. 202 HPB says:
>
> "Esoteric philosophy teaches that the next Buddha will appear
> during the 7th (sub) race of this Round. The fact is that
> Maitreya was a follower of [Gautama] Buddha, a well-known Arhat,
> though not his direct disciple, and that he was the founder of an
> esoteric school."
>
> Other references that one may look up are ISIS II 156fn 260 549
> 275;  SD  I 378 384 470 ;  HPB Letters to A P Sinnett  p. 195,
> 243.  His "return" as an "Avatar" will be after hundreds or
> thousands of years, according to the law of cycles and the
> progress that humanity will have made.  Among the Hindus in their
> system Maitreya is to be the KALKI AVATAR  (T. Gloss p. 170, 44,
> 371, 306) also "Sosiosh."
>
> These are the universal traditions.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Dallas
>
> D. T. B.
>
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> Dear Everyone,
>
> I am new to this list and am delighted by all the thoughts and
> ideas that I
> see daily.  My question is also in regards to the Maitreya
> question.
> Previously someone had stated that the sightings were documented
> by both CNN
> and Toronto Sun and that there were probably listings in their
> search engines
> for archive articles.  Intrigued I immediately went to both sites
> to check.
> Both sites had links to material about Maitreya, but
> unfortunately only
> indirectly.  They were either about a Tibetan art show in Canada
> and the
> south west, or a travelogue of a reporter's trip to the Tibetan
> capital.
> Obviously, more substantive proof would need to be offered in
> order to go
> along with Benjamin Creme's observations.
>
> Thanks so much.  I just wanted to share with the group the
> research I did on
> the claims.
>
> Ever searching,
> Kate
>
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