The origin of Maitreya Buddha

Maitreya Buddha is a widely believed and popular Buddha in China. This Buddha is always merciful. Kui Ji explained in the Amitabha Sutra: "Or Maitreya, this is cishi. He cultivates compassion and kindness, so cishi who cultivates kindness is the best, and his name can't win. " His name is Ayudo, which means "invincible". According to Buddhist scriptures, Maitreya was born in a Brahmin family in Borneo, ancient India, and was contemporary with Sakyamuni Buddha. Later, he became a monk with Sakyamuni and became a disciple of Buddha. He went in and out before Sakyamuni went in and out. Now he leads the inner court of heaven to give lectures to heaven. Until 5.66 billion years after the death of Sakyamuni Buddha, he led the people to live in heaven. According to the Buddhist scriptures generated under Maitreya, by that time, Jambu-Di^pa, the world of women (that is, the world we live in), has a winged city and a famous king. Maitreya will be born in the home of a minister named Xiufanmo in this city, born, become a monk, talk, and his experience is just like that of Sakyamuni Buddha. After Maitreya becomes a Buddha, he will transform countless beings under the Longhua tree in Hualin Garden in the form of three meetings. Maitreya belief is also very popular in China. In the Western Qin Dynasty, Maitreya Buddha was painted, such as the Bingling Temple Grottoes in Gansu. Maitreya statues before the Five Dynasties and the Song Dynasty are mainly divided into two categories: bodhisattva shape and Tathagata shape, which are created according to Maitreya's upper sutra and Maitreya's lower sutra respectively. Maitreya Buddha Bodhisattva mainly shows the Maitreya Buddha statue when the heavenly palace is called the heavens. At this time, Maitreya looks like a bodhisattva, sitting with his feet crossed, or with his left foot hanging down and his right hand holding his chin. The Buddha-shaped Maitreya looks like the image of a Buddha, which is not much different from the Buddha statue of Sakyamuni. Since the Northern Wei Dynasty, the belief in Maitreya's next life gradually became popular in China, and at the same time, Maitreya statues in Buddhist costumes began to appear. As the future Buddha, Maitreya holds a very lofty position in the hearts of believers, so there are still some giant statues of Maitreya. The largest wood-carved Maitreya Buddha statue is in Wanfuge (also known as the Giant Buddha Pagoda) in Yonghe Palace, Beijing. The Buddha statue is18m high, with a buried part of 8m and a total length of 26m. It is carved from a complete piece of white sandalwood. The largest stone statue of Maitreya is Lingyun Buddha in Sichuan, which stands on Lingyun Mountain on the east bank of Minjiang River in Leshan City, Sichuan Province. Built on a cliff, the Giant Buddha is called "Leshan Giant Buddha" in the world. With a height of 7 1 m and a shoulder width of 28 meters, the statue is solemn, well-proportioned and magnificent, sitting on the river, and it is also the first stone statue sitting on a Buddha in the world. Tibetan worships Maitreya very much, and the biggest bronze Maitreya is Maitreya in Xuedou Temple in Fenghua.