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Says Maitreya Bodhisattva will teach Dharma to Celestial beings? Huge statue of their Maitreya.
Is this the same Maitreya of Benjamin Creme fame?
Is this the same Maitreya of Benjamin Creme fame?
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Not quite.LostCreekAcres wrote: ↑January 17th, 2025, 4:07 pm Says Maitreya Bodhisattva will teach Dharma to Celestial beings? Huge statue of their Maitreya.
Is this the same Maitreya of Benjamin Creme fame?
Maitreya is a traditional figure in Buddhism, seen as the liberator of souls from suffering.
Maitreya was taken from Buddhism by Theosophy which saw him as more of a quasi-Messianic figure. Theosophists tried to create Maitreya. One of the men they groomed was Krishnamurti. He turned out to have an independent mind and broke away from them. Theosophy has been overtaken by the New Age movement but it still exerts influence through the Lucis Trust.
Creme broke away from Theosophy and set up his Share International group which was more "Fake it til you make it". He claimed several individuals were Maitreya, at least one of whom was very embarrassed by the whole thing and they had to back down. Share International say anything and everything is a sign of Maitreya like UFOs, patterns in toast, you name it. Creme died a few years ago and it has never been the same since.
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