The Coming of Maitreya Buddha
In the first half of the twentieth century the great Tibetan Buddhist guru, Tomo Geshe Rimpoché, started preparing the space for the coming of the new Buddha - Maitreya. According to the Buddhist tradition, the enlightenment of the expected Maitreya-Buddha (whose human incarnation will reflect the qualities of the Dhyani-Buddha Amoghasiddhi) will reveal the new cosmic-spiritual order of the Universe.
Tomo Geshe Rimpoché had a very inspiring vision anticipating the coming of Maitreya. A disciple of Tomo Geshe, Lama Anagarika Govinda, in his book The Way of the White Clouds, compares his guru's vision of Maitreya to a similar vision, said to have taken place in the presence of Buddha Sakyamuni-Gautama, which is described in the Surangama Sutra:
The Blessed Lord, sitting upon the throne in the midst of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas from all the ten quarters of the universe, manifested his transcendental glory, surpassing them all. From his hands and feet and body radiated supernal beams of light that rested upon the crown of each Buddha and Bodhisattva assembled here.
And equally from the hands and feet and bodies of all those Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the ten quarters of the universe went forth rays of glorious brightness that converged upon the crown of the Lord Buddha, and upon the crowns of all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas and Saints present.
At the same time, the waters and waves of brooks and streams were singing the music of the Dharma, and all the intersecting rays of brightness were like a net of splendour, set with jewels and over-arching them all.
Such a marvellous sight had never been imagined and held all who were present in silence and awe. Unwittingly they passed into the blissful state of Samädhi. And upon them all an unspeakable peace and happiness descended like a gentle rain of soft petals of many different-coloured lotus blossoms, all blending together and being reflected into the open space of heaven in all the tints of the spectrum.
Moreover, all the differentiations of mountains and waters and rocks and plants, and all that makes up our common world, blended into one another and faded away, leaving only the indescribable experience of primordial unity - not dull and inert, but vibrant with rhythmic life and light, with celestial sounds of songs and harmonies, melodiously rising and falling and merging and then fading away into silence. (Lama Anagarika Govinda, The Way of the White Clouds, Rider & Co., London, 1984, p. 10)
Even from this indirect description of Tomo Geshe's vision it is possible to sense the great Divine power and the staggering mystery of his Enlightenment. When Maitreya-Buddha himself appears, he will reveal the new cosmic-spiritual order of the Universe. In doing so, he will shape the enlightenment of human beings for thousands of years to come. Thus, Tomo Geshe, in anticipation of the rebirth of the Eternal Truths of the Dharma and of the Coming One, Maitreya-Buddha
...erected statues of Maitreya in many other places and made the followers of the Buddha-Dharma conscious of the fact that it was not sufficient to bask in the glories of the past, but that one must take active part in the shaping of the future, and thus make it possible for the coming Buddha to appear in this world by preparing our minds for his reception. (Ibid. p. 9)
Mandala of the Heavenly Jerusalem
My metaphysical and mystical preparatory work for the coming Maitreya Buddha started quite unexpectedly. It was induced by an extraordinary planetary event. On March 10, 1982, all planets in our solar system were in alignment with the Earth (but from the point of view of the Sun - i.e. the Earth was in the middle of the planets). I wondered what could be the significance of this alignment. Around 23.45 o’clock on March 9, I felt a strong impulse to pray and meditate on the meaning of this stellar constellation. Little by little it came to me that this grouping of the planets could release the energy for the beginning of a new era in the life of humankind, an era when it could become God's people on Earth and could live in peace, love, harmony and friendship. The prayer-meditation developed into a great metaphysical vision of the approaching New Millennium, the establishment of the Thousand Years Kingdom of Christ on Earth and the event of the First Raising of the Dead! (Revel. 20:4-6)
On August 27, I received the illumination of the Mandala of the Heavenly Jerusalem. This was a staggering vision of the Heavenly Jerusalem, the Holy City with its Twelve Gates which are the Gates to the spiritual realities of the world religions. I realised that this was the message for the new Millennium, for the epoch of the Holy Spirit – to appreciate the Kingdom of God with its many mansions! Truly it was a glorious and majestic vision. I was deeply inspired by it and I understood so many things which would happen, not only in the following years, but throughout the New Millennium.
I received the vision of the Kingdom of God in the form of a Zodiac-Mandala (a symbolic image of the Universe and the epochs in the Indo-European Cycle). At the centre of this Mandala was the Absolute Origin of Being, the Cosmic-spiritual Sun which radiates the Light of Creation. This Light manifested through the images of the Divine Masters - Krishna, Buddha, Zoroaster, Christ, Muhammad, Beinsa Douno and many other Divine Masters, together with their Feminine Partners, as they appeared in the various historical epochs. It was a staggering new Universal Mandala in which we could contemplate the light of the Divine Masculine and Feminine Masters and at the same time link with the centre of the Mandala which is the mystery of the Holy Trinity – God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit (or OM, TAT, SAT according to Hinduism, Kether, Hokhmah and Binah as in the Kabbalah, to mention a few).
It was one of the most exquisite visions which I could have imagined. It was like the great new enlightenment of Maitreya-Buddha, the Buddha who is to come. At the same time, it was related to the CREATOR and to the Holy City of Jerusalem, to the other Divine Masters and Personifications of the Divine Mother, to the reality of the New Heaven and New Earth where humankind will continue its evolution. Everything came together in Divine Unity!
If at the beginning of the XX century the great Tibetan Buddhist Guru Tomo Geshe Rimpoché called for preparing the space for the coming Maitreya Buddha, now we could consider the Mandala of the Heavenly Jerusalem as a big step in this direction!
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