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Maitreya (Sanskrit, Metteyya Pali), known as the the future Buddha. Recognized in Buddhism.

A Bodhisattva, currently residing in the Tusita deva realm, who will attain Awakening in the best of conditions when the dispensed Dharma of Gautama Buddha becomes corrupted or lost.

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