Maitreya

Maitreya, in Buddhist tradition, is the future Buddha. He is presently a bodhisattva living in the Tushita heaven. It is believed that they will descend to Earth to preach the dharma (“law”). This will happen when the teachings of Gautama Buddha have completely decayed. The name Maitreya is derived from the Sanskrit maitrī (“friendliness”).

Maitreya
Close-up of a statue depicting Maitreya Bodhisattva at the Thikse Monastery in Ladakh, India
Sanskrit	मैत्रेय (Maitreya)
Pāli	मेत्तेय्य (Metteyya)
Burmese	အရိမေတ္တေယျဘုရား (MLCTS: a.ri. metteyya bhu.ra:) (IPA: ʔəjḭmjɪʔtèja̰ pʰəjá)
Chinese	彌勒菩薩 弥勒菩萨 (Pinyin: Mílè Púsa)
Cyrillic	Майдар, Асралт (Mayidar, Asaraltu)
Japanese	弥勒菩薩（みろくぼさつ） (romaji: Miroku Bosatsu)
Karen	မဲၣ်တယါ ဘူးဒး (Mehtuhyah Boodah)
Khmer	សិអារ្យមេត្រី, អរិយមេត្តយ្យ
Korean	미륵보살 彌勒菩薩 (RR: Mireuk Bosal)
Mongolian script	ᠮᠠᠢᠢᠳᠠᠷᠢ ᠠᠰᠠᠷᠠᠯᠲᠤ
Shan	ဢရီႉမိတ်ႈတေႇယႃႉ
Sinhala	මෛත්‍රී බුදුන් (Maithri Budun)
Tagalog	ᜀᜒᜆᜎ᜔ᜌᜀ (Maitleya)
Thai	พระศรีอริยเมตไตรย (RTGS: Phra Si Ariya Mettrai)
Tibetan	བྱམས་པ་ (Wylie: byams pa) (THL: Jampa) བྱམས་པ་མགོན་པོ་ (Wylie: byams pa'i mgon po) (THL: Jampé Gönpo)
Vietnamese	彌勒菩薩 (Di lặc Bồ Tát)
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Venerated by	Mahayana, Theravada, Vajrayana
Attributes	Compassion and Kindness

Buddhism
Basic terms
Three Jewels Four Noble Truths Dukkha Suffering Samudaya Cause of Suffering Nirodha Cessation of Suffering Magga Noble Eight Fold Path Buddhahood Enlightenment Nirvana
People
Gautama Buddha Dalai Lama Bodhisattva Sangha
Schools
Theravada Mahayana Zen Vajrayana Nyingma Kagyu Sakya Gelug
Practices
Dharma study Noble Eightfold Path Meditation Chanting Metta