Maitreya’s Connections

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Equivalent to

• Maitreya(Buddhist),Milefo(Chinese),Mireuk(Korean),Miroku(Japanese)

  Maitreya, the Future Buddha prophesied to descend when the dharma has faded from the world, is venerated across Buddhist Asia as Miroku in Japan, Milefo in China, Mireuk in Korea, and Maitreya in Tibet — the same bodhisattva transmitted through Buddhist scriptural lineages from the original Sanskrit.

Associated with

• Tsongkhapa

  Tsongkhapa's Lamrim Chenmo draws on Maitreya's five treatises transmitted through Asanga, structuring the graduated path to enlightenment upon the Abhisamayalamkara and the Uttaratantra as foundational texts of the Gelug tradition.