the Buddha to come... vin?

Question

I seen you mention this
so can you or any other Buddhist please explain ?

is this predicted ?
the next incarnation ?
does anyone know when this will happen ?

thank you me lovelies :o)

the fat bellied Buddha was the one mentioned

philip
with all due respect
I asked about Buddha not Jesus
I am neither Christian or Buddhist
I am asking a question

Answer 1

((((PANGEL)))))

Thanks for asking this. It is so good to see so many thoughtful and informed replies to a question that falls outside the usual Christian-Atheist, Us-Them categories.

I like Jon C's answer the most, although there are some pretty informed answers from others (as well as a couple that are way off base). But the point isn't to be looking for an external "saviour" or some other Buddha who is going to come and make things right and fix our problems. The point is to recognize that a Buddha is simply one who is awake to reality -- the four noble truths of suffering, the causes of suffering, the possibility of ending suffering, and that path that leads to the end of suffering. Buddha is not a title like "God" - it simply means "one who is awake." Buddhism recognizes the existence of Buddhanature -- the unripened seed that is ready to be awakened -- in all of us. And so the point is to connect with your Buddhanature, follow the path that ends suffering, and live and act in the world in a manner that brings happiness and its causes to all sentient beings and suffering to none. Waiting around for Maitreya to come is a waste of each precious moment we have been given. For all you know, YOU might be Maitreya, but you won't realize it until you are awakened and you won't be awakened sitting around on your butt waiting for some else to come do the work for you!

Yes, the legend of Maitreya is that he is the future Buddha. But one of the beliefs about this legend is that Maitreya is to come and restore the Buddha's teachings when their light has gone out in the world, and so Maitreya's coming might never be fulfilled so long as we keep the teachings alive. Despite the genocide the Chinese have wreaked in Tibet, I would say that Buddhism is alive and well. We are in great position to continue to look for the Buddha within, and not worry about Maitreya just yet!

Answer 2

From what I gather (I've only been a Buddhist for 6 months, so I'm learning), the Buddha (Siddharta Gautama) will never come back, as he reached nirvana (nibbana, to some). When this happens, the cycle of re-incarnation is broken, and the soul is truly free.

However, there have been and will be many Buddhas in the past, and in the future. Maitreya (Metteya) is just one example. There are also Arahats (Worthy ones), who can become fully enlightened and reach nirvana.

The difference between the two is that a Buddha does this all by himself, while an Arahat relies on the Buddha's teachings.

I've just found this, while I was on the fly. I don't know how well detailed it is, or how correct, or whatever, but hopefully you will be able to learn from it. http://www.justbegood.net/

Answer 3

Hiya Pangel,
Yes, the last historical did predict the arrival of another. He would be called Maitreya, (Miroku in Japanese).

The idea of incarnation is very complex in Buddhism but the next Buddha would not be a re-incarnation in the sense of being the same person come back. The word Buddha means 'fully enlightened', and very few reach that level of being. Maitreya would be the next one to reach 'full' enlightenment. But it really is very complicated.

As to when, well there are at least two people around at the moment claiming to be him.
Maybe he's around right now, I dunno.
But I suspect that Maitreya might not be a single being but the condition where more and more people realise that 'we are all Buddhas'. That is to say that Enlightenment becomes widespread.
Now THAT does seem to be happening these days. The spiritualisation of humanity - well some of it.

But I have to say this, that it would benefit people far more to sit quietly and look for the Buddha within, rather than searching for another human being with or without a fat belly.

((((Pangel))))

Answer 4

Well, I'm not a Buddhist, but I've looked into the religion. It's very complex, with different branches of thought, but here's a general picture:

Siddhartha, the 'main' Buddha, never said anything about other Buddhas, but later mystics claimed that thousands before had reached enlightenment and more were to come. They couldn't be the reincarnation of the same person, because when a person becomes a Buddha, they break free from the cycle of rebirth. As Buddhism lacks much of the apocalyptic imagery common to Abramamic religions, there's no prediction as to when the next Buddha will arrive, as far as I know.

Answer 5

The fat Buddha is a chinese language monk and not the real Buddha who's the Indian Prince. And particular each and every physique knew what he appeared like -- the NowPower says no person knew what he appeared like and he or she is meant to be a Buddhist lol. it truly is American Buddhism for you! Edit: NowPowers's answer has some factors yet is in actuality laughable whilst she says human beings did not recognize what Buddha appeared like! And Vajraboy celebrates it as a results of fact he too is yet another misled American yankie Buddhist who needless to say has not heard what the Dalai Lama has suggested approximately homosexuality

Answer 6

Maitreya (the Sanskrit means "loving one"; pronounced Miroku in Japanese).

"... the embodiment of all-embracing love*, who is expected to come in the future as the fifth and last of the [earthly] buddhas. In early Buddhism, Maitreya dwells in the Tusita heaven ..., waiting for the decline and eclipse of Buddhism, when he will become the next Buddha--in about 30,000 years time. This belief was further developed in all Mahayana countries, and above all in Tibet .... It is a particular commitment of Gelugpa** to prepare for his coming. He is depicted usually with feet placed firmly on the ground, ready to step into the world."
--The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions

ADDED: The big fat, "laughing Buddha" you sometimes see in East Asian art is considered by many to have been an incarnation of Maitreya. His name is P'u-t'ai in Chinese and Hotei in Japanese. Some stories have it that he was based on a real person, a wandering monk whom no one could help loving, and it was eventually decided he must have been Maitreya making a visit to us.

Answer 7

There is no single Buddhist view on this, so I cannot say what other Buddhists believe to be true....
But I personally think that The Lord Buddha
(Siddhattha Gotama ) has broken the chins of reincarnation and has obtained Nirvana, but future Buddhas will come and be born or they already have done so.
Thirty facts are mentioned as being true of all Bodhisattvas
-(Bodhisattvas are enlightened persons, who postpone their own nirvana in order to help save all sentient creatures. This along with the conception of the pure mind (vijnana) eventually led to the "Greater Vehicle" or Mahayana Buddhism.)

(samatimsavidhā dhammatā).
In his last life every Bodhisatta is conscious at the moment of his conception;
in his mother's womb he remains cross legged with his face turned outwards;
his mother gives birth to him in a standing posture;
the birth takes place in a forest grove (araññe);
immediately after birth he takes seven steps to the north and roars the "lion's roar";
he makes his renunciation after seeing the four omens and after a son is born to him;
he has to practise austerities for at least seven days after donning the yellow robe;
he has a meal of milk rice on the day of his Enlightenment;
he attains to omniscience seated on a carpet of grass;
he practises concentration in breathing;
he defeats Māra's forces;
he attains to supreme perfection in all knowledge and virtue at the foot of the Bodhi tree;
Mahā Brahmā requests him to preach the Dhamma;
he preaches his first sermon in the Deer Park at Isipatana;
he recites the Pātimokkha to the fourfold assembly on the full moon day of Māgha;
he resides chiefly in Jetavana, he performs the Twin Miracle in Sāvatthi;
he preaches the Abhidhamma in Tāvatimsa;
he descends from there at the gate of Sankassa;
he constantly lives in the bliss of phalasamāpatti;
he investigates the possibility of converting others during two jhānas;
he lays down the precepts only when occasion arises for them;
he relates Jātakas when suitable occasions occur;
he recites the Buddhavamsa in the assembly of his kinsmen;
he always greets courteously monks who visit him;
he never leaves the place where he has spent the rainy season without bidding farewell to his hosts;
each day he has prescribed duties before and after his meal and during the three watches of the night;
he eats a meal containing flesh (mamsarajabhojana) immediately before his death;
and just before his death he enters into the twenty four crores and one hundred thousand samāpattī.
There are also mentioned four dangers from which all Buddhas are immune:
no misfortune can befall the four requisites intended for a Buddha;
no one can encompass his death;
no injury can befall any of his thirty two Mahāpurisalakkhanā or eighty anubyañjanā;
nothing can obstruct his aura (BuA.248).
A Buddha is born only in this Cakkavāla out of the ten thousand Cakkavālas which constitute the jātikkhetta (AA.i.251; DA.iii.897). There can appear only one Buddha in the world at a time (D.ii.225; D.iii.114; the reasons for this are given in detail in Mil. 236, and quoted in DA.iii.900f).
No Buddha can arise until the sāsana of the previous Buddha has completely disappeared from the world. This happens only with the dhātuparinibbāna.
When a Bodhisatta takes conception in his mother's womb in his last life, after leaving Tusita, there is manifested throughout the world a wonderful radiance, and the ten thousand world systems tremble.
Similar earthquakes appear when he is born, when he attains Enlightenment,when he preaches the first sermon, when he decides to die, when he finally does so
(D.ii.108f.; cp. DA.iii.897).
If you are interested you should read
The Mahāpādāna Sutta , The Acchariya-bbhuta-dhamma Sutta and The Buddhavamsa. :)

Answer 8

Maitreya Buddha.... the Bodhisattva who will come to teach the pure Dharma. He will bring peace to the world and many will be enlightened. He may be a world leader who unites people, putting an end to many hostilities.

Answer 9

Seek the Budha within, Panny. That's the only place you'll truly find him.

And, if you meet him on the road, kill him.

Answer 10

i don't know who vin is nore what incarnation is but i do know that Jesus Christ is going to return and pretty soon The south American Indians had a calender which all events written on from 1000s of years ago have happened even the prophecies of the coming of Jesus Christ to the south America has happened and even Jesus Christ has foretold through prophecies that he will return,,, i know that we are in the final days and that the day of the ending off the Indians calender and the returning of Jesus Christ are about to happen<<<<<<<<