HISTORY
BUDDHISM
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Krakuchanda
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Amitabha
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Kanak Muni
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Maitreya
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Detailed explanation-1: -Maitreya is the Buddha of the future, who will be born to teach enlightenment in the next age. According to Mahayana teachings, a Buddha is first born as a bodhisattva, and then after many lifetimes, progresses on to Buddhahood. The historical Buddha was himself referred to as a bodhisattva before becoming the Buddha.
Detailed explanation-2: -Maitreya, the messianic bodhisattva characterized as the Buddha of the Future, stands in a graciously exaggerated posture, the body beautifully counterbalanced.
Detailed explanation-3: –wu-chen from the Hsin-shih district for his dead son Kai-chih (had) made one image of Maitreya, wishing that the dead son and his relatives who sitll are at home may forever be united with the Buddha". Mr. Lippe identifies central figure of altarpiece as Maitreya, the Buddha of the future.