EDIT: thank you for the answers, most make sense and answer my concern. The notion of other beings and other realms is fine as itโs the unseen, and can neither be verified nor disproven.
One other point that was raised was the idea that previous Buddha before Gautama, Kassapa Buddha in the suttas is mentioned to have been born in a very specific location which isnโt possible considering the time difference between the two. Any addresses to this comment?
So Iโve recently been having difficulty with this particular topic. The scriptures, Pali canon, in particular talks about past Buddhas of the human realm Aeons ago (millions of millions of years) but science has discovered that humans havenโt been around nowhere near that long. Similarly people predict Maitreya Buddha to come in some more millions of years even trillions of years time. But how is this even possible? Science has proposed many things that the sun will die out for example, the earth will become uninhabitable, humans will cease to exist etc. Buddhism has always been a way of life that aligns closely to science but in this instance itโs just way over my head. Surely isnโt this unscientific and possibly illogical? Any insights or reconciliation would be greatly appreciated.
Maitreya Bodhisattva addressed the Buddha, Presently in the this world of men and every other buddha land how many non-retrogressing bodhisattvas are there who shall be reborn in the land of Sukhavati? The Buddha proclaimed to Maitreya, In this world, there are seventy-two trillion bodhisattvas who have already made offerings to countless buddhas and planted many virtuous roots who shall be reborn in this land Of the great many bodhisattvas on the lesser path i.e. on the first 10 of 52 stages of who practise meritorious deeds the Bodhisattva path who shall be reborn their number is immeasurable Not only are the multitude of bodhisattvas in our world reborn in this land but those of other buddha lands too From the Buddha land of Far-Reaching Illumination there are eighteen million great bodhisattvas who shall be reborn in this land From the north-eastern Treasure Storehouse buddha land there are nine trillion non-retrogressing bodhisattvas who shall be reborn in this land From the buddha land of Immeasurable Sound the buddha land of Glorious Light the buddha land of Nagas and Devas the buddha land of Supreme Power the buddha land of the Lion the buddha land of Transcending Impurity the buddha land of Highest Virtue the buddha land of the Benevolent King the buddha land of the Flower Canopy the non-retrogressing bodhisattvas who shall be reborn in some cases number from one to ten trillion in some cases number from one hundred to a thousand trillion and even as much as ten thousand trillion The twelfth buddha land is named Supreme Flower it possesses a countless number of bodhisattvas who have reached the stage of non-retrogression Wise and courageous they have already made offerings to innumerable buddhas with great effort they set forth intently upon the path of the one vehicle within the span of seven days they can acquire the firm and secure dharma cultivated by great beings for hundreds, thousands and millions of aeons all bodhisattvas of this type shall be reborn The thirteenth buddha land is called No Fear possessing seventy-nine million great bodhisattvas and an immeasurable number of lesser bodhisattvas, bhiksus and so on all of them shall be reborn Of the buddhas and bodhisattvas in the worlds of the ten directions who shall be reborn one could spend an entire aeon merely stating their names and not get through them all.
Before anything, let me explain a bit. My SL account has been around for 3 years. I was really active during the first half then I got busy. I decided to come back but Iโve gotten a bit rusty on the technical stuff and Iโm also a bit lost on a few things.
I have a Maitreya Lara mesh body which I got in 2019. Itโs outdated and I heard there was an update in 2020. I have googled as hard as I can on how I can get that update right now and I did not find clear answer. I went to the store in SL and I could not find it so I chatted on there to ask but nobody replied. Can you please help me out?
Also, Iโd be glad to meet new people who can walk me through the new things in SL or just anyone I can hang out with.
Edit: I found it! Thank you again to those who helped!
I decided to make a thread of cute (feminine) clothing stores for the maitreya. This is mostly โalternativeโ style clothing. Please add your suggestions in the comments!
โข The Mystic โข Miffyhoi Rosca โข Sakura (by Willow Fae) โข parfait. (by Cute Bunny) โข Violent Seduction โข Cureless โข Candy Kitten
I'm trying to get the Velour body skin to go onto my avi, but every time I try to click it, it doesn't apply.
Maitreya, our Older Brother, and World Teacher here among usโฆ excerpt from โThrough the Eyes of the Mastersโ
โTherefore, by this Power which I hold, this Power of Almighty Love, seek I to draw the hearts of men into unity with that Good, that Happiness, which is for all men the goal, no matter what name they ascribe to it, no matter under what guise and seeming it appears to them.โ
(What more are all of us in search for other than that Good of Happiness?)
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Henceforth I come not solely through groups with recognized officials, through organizations rendering me what is often no more than lip-service in their assumptions of Brotherhood; I come to each and all who love me, no matter of what race, class, or creed.
The greatness of their need of me, the strength of their desire to see me, shall be the measure of their power to see me. The peasant in the Swiss mountains; the scientist in his laboratory; the artist dreaming of his creations; the mystic and the psychologist; the spiritualist and the musicianโto these and many others
I come if their intuition, their inner vision be true enough to recognize me, if there be in their hearts That which responds to the Love which eternally flows forth to them from mine. Verily has it been proclaimed throughout the ages that God is LoveโLove the very essence of the Absolute; so that even those things which men look upon as emanating from the Dark Forces are but one aspect of that Love which ever seeks to draw all into fusion with Itself.
Therefore, by this Power which I hold, this Power of Almighty Love, seek I to draw the hearts of men into unity with that Good, that Happiness, which is for all men the goal, no matter what name they ascribe to it, no matter under what guise and seeming it appears to them. The ways of search be manifold, but on each of these, I am ready to meet my own. And through these my own will I speak, will I walk amongst men when the hour strikes; not confined to one recognized medium or vehicle, but wherever the light of aspiration is kindled within a heart, there is my medium, there my vehicle.
