Dear Sukhi,
I totally agree on your descriptions.
In SN(Sutta-nipata), Parayana-vagga, 16 pupils asked
questions to Buddha. Ajita is the first one and Tisa
Metteyya is he second. According to Chinese
translation, The name of Matteya Bodhisatta is Ajita.
But in SN, it is described as two persons.
First of all, reading SN you may find out what
described about so-called Matteya Bodhisatta is
different with what in SN. There is no reasons to
assume they are the same people.
According to Agamas, there is no descriptions of
[Matteya Bodhisatta] in Samyutta Agama, there is only
one sutta each in both Majjima Agama and Digha Agama
talking briefly about [Matteya Bodhisatta], but having
nothing to do with [Matteya Bodhisatta]'s special
charateristics:[not praticing jhana, not
totally-abandoning kilesa]. In both Majjima Agama and
Digha Agama, this short description about [Matteya
Bodhisatta] is related to descrptions of another
Indian Myth--Cakkavatti-Sihanada(King of wheels).
It should be treated as fairy story instead of
history.
There are seven to eight (longer) descriptions in
Anguttara Agama. Due to strong flavor of Mahayana in
Anguttara Agama, I do not want to quote them as
bibliographical reference.
Yifer
--- libris <libris@...> 寫:

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Dear Thomas,

Metteyya is only mentioned in the Cakkavatti Sihanada
Sutta (D 26)in the Canon, definitely not in the Sutta
Nipata, although there mught be a disciple whose name
is very close,

Ajahn Sujato has a very interesting theory about
Metteyya. You might loike to ask him about it.

Sukhi

Piya

--- thomaslaw03 <thomaslaw03@...> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I heard that Maitreya (Pali: Metteya) Bodhisattva as

a future Buddha

> is
> also found in Pali canon (Sutta-Nipata?). If it is

correct, then

> this
> faith came to exist in Buddhism at historically

early state. Also,

> only
> this Bodhisattva in the Mahayana is recognized by

all Hinayana or

> early
> Buddhist sects.
>
> Please give me advice. Thank you.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Thomas Law
>
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