visible mantra logo DMA = d???a-mantra in Sanskrit Maitreya Menuhome mantras bjas alphabet words scripts learn pronunciation projects reading blog Visible Mantra Press contact/infoArt and text 2007-11 Jayarava except where noted image of maitreya name of maitreya ma tre yaMaitreya is the next Buddha. He is currently waiting in the Tushita heaven for his time on earth which will be 5,670,000,000 years after the death of akyamuni. Afer this period the Buddhadharma will have completely died out, and Maitreya will 'rediscover' it just as all previous Buddhas have done so. Maitreya's emblem is the stupa, sometimes sitting on a lotus, as in this image, and his mudra is the wheel turning, or teaching mudra. He is sometimes shown as sitting in a chair western style.Buddhists can sometimes be heard to pray: "Come Maitreya, come!" Seed SyllableMaitreya's seed syllable is mai, which rhymes with the English word "sign". As in many cases this is the first syallble of Maitreya's name with an anusvra. Siddh Seed syllable 'maim' in the Siddham script or Seed syllable 'maim' in the Siddham script Tibetan Seed syllable 'maim' in the Tibetan scriptmai Mantra Siddha maitreya mantra in Siddham script Tibetan - Uchen maitreya mantra in Tibetan Uchen script Transliterationo mai tri ma h mai tri mai tri ye sv ho maitri mahmaitri maitriye svh NotesThe word maitri means friendly, amicable, benevolent, affectionate. The Pli equivalent is metta. mahmaitri is greatly friendly, and maitriye is the dative form of the word and therefore means "to or for the friendly one".Maitri is related to the word mitra. Mitra was a Vedic god whose function was, along with Varuna, the protector of ta, the cosmic order.Valid HTML 4.01 TransitionalLast updated: 11:53 22/04/2008