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In the history of the planet, there have been numerous Buddhas who have served the evolutions of mankind through the steps and stages of the path of the [[Special:MyLanguage/bodhisattva|bodhisattva]]. Lord Maitreya, the Cosmic Christ, has passed the initiations of the Buddha. He has come to the fore in this age to teach all who have departed from the way of the Great Guru [[Special:MyLanguage/Sanat Kumara|Sanat Kumara]], from whose lineage both he and Gautama descended.

== The historical Maitreya == <!--T:4-->

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Buddhist scholar Evans-Wentz describes Maitreya as the “Buddhist Messiah, who will regenerate the world by the power of divine love, and inaugurate a New Age of Universal Peace and Brotherhood. He is at present in the Tushita Heaven, whence He will descend and be born among men and become the future Buddha, to reveal anew, as did Gautama and the long Dynasty of past Buddhas, the Path leading to the Great Liberation.”<ref>W. Y. Evans-Wentz, ed., ''The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation'' (London: Oxford University Press, 1954) p. xxvii.</ref>

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This bag demonstrates the mystery of space and the miracle of space under the dominion of the Buddha. Its timelessness shows the Buddha’s mastery of segments of eternity, hence eternity itself, through the flame of Mother.

== The lineage from Sanat Kumara == <!--T:13-->

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Lord Maitreya is the teacher of [[Special:MyLanguage/Jesus|Jesus]], who, with [[Special:MyLanguage/Kuthumi|Kuthumi]], now holds the office of World Teacher. Maitreya demonstrates on behalf of an evolving humanity the cosmic consciousness of the Christ in all areas of human endeavor and its universality throughout cosmos. He is known as the Great Initiator and was, in fact, the initiator of Jesus in his individualization of the Christ flame in his final embodiment as world saviour and exemplar of the way, the truth and the life to all aspirants on the path of personal Christhood.

== Maitreya’s Mystery School == <!--T:19-->

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Wherever these schools have been destroyed, the ascended masters who sponsored them withdrew their flames and sacred shrines to their retreats on the [[Special:MyLanguage/etheric plane|etheric plane]]. Here their disciples are trained between embodiments and in their finer bodies (during sleep or [[Special:MyLanguage/samadhi|samadhi]]) in order that they might attain that divine Self-knowledge that, until [[Special:MyLanguage/Saint Germain|Saint Germain]] once again advanced it in the twentieth century, had not been available to mankind en masse in the physical plane for centuries. Maitreya has explained that in this time the outer world itself has become the retreat in which each man will take his initiations and, passing these, will gain his eternal freedom, his ascension in the light.

=== The Mystery School come again === <!--T:24-->

{{Main|Maitreya’s Mystery School}}

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[[File:Jack Spurling - The square-rigged wool clipper „Argonaut“ under full sail.jpg|thumb|upright||alt=caption|A clipper ship]]

== Retreats == <!--T:27-->

{{main|The Focus of Illumination}}

{{main|Maitreya's retreat over Tientsin, China}}

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His banner is the thoughtform of a mighty [[Special:MyLanguage/clipper ship|clipper ship]] as it comes in with the tides at eventide to fetch souls of mankind to take them to another shore. His musical keynote is “Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life.”

== For more information == <!--T:31-->

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