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the future Buddha (Metteyya)

The only Buddha that interests me significantly is the historical Buddha; I do not understand why people want more than one.

[roundman]

Originally Posted by Refugee the future Buddha (Metteyya)

The only Buddha that interests me significantly is the historical Buddha; I do not understand why people want more than one. Superstitious people need their woobies to find comfort in. Without woobies, they are lost...


Is "Matreyya" even a ("traditionalist") Theravada superstition? I was under the impression that it was just a "mahayana" superstition, or one of the tibetan religions' superstition.

[ddwayspd]

Superstitious people need their woobies to find comfort in. Without woobies, they are lost...

So it would seem. Presented with the means to achieve cessation from suffering, so many seem to want to turn away to the products of their own revved-up imaginations instead. It makes me feel like weeping with frustration.

[Pipindula]

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Before you start weeping, Snowmelt, will someone tell me what a 'woobie' is, please !


....and welcome to the group, Refugee.

[dabibibff]

LOL dazz...a wooby is like a banky or a teddy bear...

[LeslieMoran]

I don't know, but I did find this:




P.S.:

[Dweplyododo]

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Aha ! I know what a teddy bear is....but what's a banky ???? ...a comfort blanket that one sucks, perhaps?

[Zptmsemk]

I don't know, but I did find this:

Blimey! Woolie bobbles with eyes !

[TheLucyLee]

Blimey! Woolie bobbles with eyes!

[hoconnor6605]

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Is "Matreyya" even a ("traditionalist") Theravada superstition?

I found this :

Who is Maitreya (Metteyya)

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/a....html#maitreya

excerpt:


"The next Buddha due to appear is said to be Maitreya (Skt; Pali: Metteyya), a bodhisatta currently residing in the Tusita heavens. Legend has it that at some time in the far distant future, once the teachings of the current Buddha have long been forgotten, he will be reborn as a human being, rediscover the Four Noble Truths, and teach the Noble Eightfold Path once again. Although he plays an important role in some Mahayana Buddhist traditions, whose followers appeal to him for favorable rebirth and salvation, he plays an insignificant role in Theravada. I believe he's mentioned only once in the entire Tipitaka, in the Cakkavatti-Sihanada Sutta (DN 26; The Lion's Roar on the Turning of the Wheel):

[The Buddha:] And in that time of the people with an eighty-thousand-year life-span, there will arise in the world a Blessed Lord, an arahant fully enlightened Buddha named Metteyya, endowed with wisdom and conduct, a Well-farer, Knower of the worlds, incomparable Trainer of men to be tamed, Teacher of gods and humans, enlightened and blessed, just as I am now."

[tevyrefficy]

Nice avatar Aloka. lol

[compiit]

...and the DN is rife with embellishment and myth. No surprise here.

[rootoronpunty]

Refugee appears to have deleted his/her post from earlier in the thread .

[creewespock]

I am pleased to see that 3 pages in and no one has yet to answer incorrectly.



Metta,
Retro.

[Peapeuddedbaw]

I am pleased to see that 3 pages in and no one has yet to answer incorrectly.

At first I was wondering if it was a trick question .

[ViaxobbimeVar]

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Those look more like Tribbles. Heh.

[Fetowip]

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Aha ! I know what a teddy bear is....but what's a banky ???? ...a comfort blanket that one sucks, perhaps?

Very good, Grasshopper!

:-)

[fashikn]

Very good, Grasshopper!

[Laqswrnm]

I'm wondering why this thread is particularly about Sri Lankans

[KaterinaNJq]

I'm wondering why this thread is particularly about Sri Lankans

Maybe because there were or there are the Pali Suttas in their original state... but I am not shure