Maitreya Buddha amulets.
Maitreya Buddha (Tibetan: Jetsun Jampa Gonpo )
is a Mahābodhisattva who would be the next Buddha to come
when the teaching of Shakyamuni Buddha will have disappeared.
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Belief in the advent of Maitreya is common
to the Theravada and Mahāyāna schools of Buddhism.
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In the distant future (about 5000 years after Parinirvana
of Shakyamuni Buddha), when the Buddhist teachings
will have died out, Maitreya Buddha will incarnate
to teach the Holy Dharma again.
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The Most Holy Nagarjuna describes devotion to Maitreya
as an easy path to Awakening.
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Maitreya Buddha is known as a protector of beings,
wearing an amulet with your image is a powerful safeguard
against the vagaries of material life and gives a physical link
with the Buddha of the future.
