🌟 What is the true meaning behind the prophecies of Maitreya in Buddhism and the Messiah in Christianity?
According to Master Woo Myung, both refer to the same existence—the existence of Truth, coming in human form from the place of origin: Heaven or Paradise. Though the names differ—Maitreya in Buddhism and God in Christianity—both represent the one who leads people to salvation through rebirth in the Land of Truth.
🕊️ Salvation, he explains, is not simply belief in a Savior, but the complete cleansing of karma, sin, and body, so that Truth may exist within one’s mind. Only then can one recognize that God or Maitreya has come, and only then can one enter the eternal world.
📿 This existence teaches the way to Mahaparinirvana, where the four states of nirvana—eternity, bliss, self, and purity—can be attained. When the sinner is eliminated and reborn in the Land of Truth, this is resurrection.
✨ The true Savior, says Master Woo Myung, will not arrive as a fantasy figure, but as the one who enables people to become Truth themselves and live eternally in the world of oneness.
The Meaning Behind: Maitreya Shall Come from Paradise and the Messiah Shall Come from Heaven
In the Buddhist sutra, Mahayana Mahaparinirvana, it says that man shall be completely enlightened and that he shall know the four states of nirvana – nitya (eternal), sukha (blissful), atman (the self) and subha (pure) – when Maitreya comes and that Maitreya shall come from paradise. This means that one who comes from the place of the origin and Truth in human form as the embodiment of this place, is Maitreya. In Christianity, it is said that God shall come from heaven. The heaven mentioned here is also the heaven of the origin; the heaven of Truth; the heaven of heavens, and it also refers to an existence of this place coming in human form.
The references of these two entities may sound different but indicate the same existence. Only this existence can give salvation; thus Buddhists believe that they will be saved when Maitreya comes and Christians believe that man can only be saved when God comes down from heaven. Salvation is the complete eradication of this world (called the “saha world” or the “earthly world” in Buddhism, and “the world of sin” in Christianity) and the rebirth of one’s self in paradise, the kingdom of heaven.
However, no one will know when this existence has come to the world because man only sees outward appearances. It is only possible to recognize that such an existence has come if heaven or paradise exists in one’s mind. But the human mind is one of karma and sin; the existence of Truth which is the original mind does not exist within it. Therefore, only when one has completely repented his karma and sins, will he know that Maitreya or God has come and be saved. The Savior that people are waiting for – the Savior of their fantasies – will never come.
Only those who have been absolved of their sins and karma and who has Buddha or God in their minds, will know the coming of the Savior. When this existence has come as a human being, he will teach and guide man to be enlightened of Mahanirvana Paranirvana and the four states of nirvana by cleansing their karma. In other words, not only will he teach and guide people to be enlightened of the place of origin, the true self, and the life of heaven, he will also enable them to go to heaven.
When God comes, he will resurrect man who is living in the world of sin, into the land of Truth by cleansing him and eradicating the world of sin as well as the sinner. When the sinner is dead, he is born in the land of Truth; this is resurrection and rebirth. God, Buddha and the land of Truth exist in one’s mind only when his mind has become one with the existence of Truth. Only this land is eternal and enabling one to be born in this land is something only the master of this land, the Savior, can do.
from Stop Living In This Land, Go To The Everlasting World Of Happiness, Live There Forever
– Woo Myung
