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Lord Maitreya holds the office of [[Cosmic Christ and Planetary Buddha]]. His name means “loving kindness,” and he focuses the radiance of the [[Cosmic Christ]] to the evolutions of earth. Guardian to the planet Earth from [[Venus (the planet)|Venus]], he succeeded Lord [[Gautama]] as Cosmic Christ when Gautama became [[Lord of the World]] at a [[Royal Teton Retreat|Royal Teton]] ceremony on January 1, 1956. Under the office of the Cosmic Christ, Lord Maitreya monitors potential earth changes as well as the comings and the goings of the fallen angels and the progress of the Christs incarnate.

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 [[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 [[Sanat Kumara]], from whose lineage both he and Gautama descended.

== The historical Maitreya ==

Maitreya is worshiped in Tibet, Mongolia, China, Japan and throughout Asia, where he is revered by Buddhists as “the Compassionate One” and as the coming Buddha. While Maitreya is accepted by all Buddhists, he does take on a variety of roles in different cultures and religious sects. These roles include the guardian and restorer of the Dharma; intercessor and protector; a guru who personally communes with, initiates and teaches his devotees; a messiah who descends when the world is in turmoil; a messenger sent by the Divine Mother to rescue her children; and the Zen Laughing Buddha.

=== The “Hemp-bag Bonze” ===

[[File:Hotei with Chinese Children at Play by Kano Tanyu (Zentokuji Nanto).jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|alt=The Hemp-bag Bonze lying on a sheet being held up by four children|The “Hemp-bag Bonze” Japan, 17th century]]

: One feature of his appearance singled him out—he carried a hemp bag wherever he went. Into this bag was deposited whatever he received, and for this reason, the bag became an object of intense curiosity, especially among the children. They would chase him and climb all over him, and force him to open his bag. On such an occasion he would place the bag on the ground, empty the contents one by one, and just as methodically put them back into the bag. The expressions attributed to him were all enigmatic and exhibit [Zen] characteristics.... Once a monk asked him about his bag; he replied by placing it on the ground. When asked what this meant, he shouldered the bag and went away. Once he was asked how old the bag was, and he replied that it was as old as space.<ref>Kenneth K. S. Ch’en, Buddhism in China: A Historical Survey (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1964), pp. 405–6.</ref>

== The lineage from Sanat Kumara ==

 

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The time came when the one who had served the earth as her Planetary Buddha chose to return to his own planetary chain, leaving a vacancy in this office for one from among earth’s guardians to fill. Lord Maitreya applied for the initiations necessary to qualify for this office. Centuries of self-discipline, of training, of devotion and of mastery were required in order for him to attain his present stature. His colleague through all of these classrooms of experience was Lord Gautama, who, by a margin won the buddhic degree first, while Lord Maitreya was accorded the office next in line—that of [[World Teacher]].

Lord Maitreya is the teacher of [[Jesus]], who, with [[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 ==

Maitreya was himself a chela of [[Lord Himalaya]] ([[manu]] of the fourth root race) and has his own [[Maitreya’s Retreat in the Himalayas|Focus of Illumination in the Himalayan Mountains]]. He was the guru of [[twin flame]]s in the [[Garden of Eden]], which was a [[mystery school]] of the [[Brotherhood]]. The Mystery School of Eden, located on [[Lemuria]] near where San Diego is today, was the first mystery school on planet Earth. And Maitreya, referred to as the Lord God in Genesis, was its first hierarch.

Since the expulsion of man and woman from the Garden of Eden because of the misuse of the sacred fire in the incorrect application of free will, the Great White Brotherhood has maintained mystery schools and retreats that have served as repositories for the knowledge of the sacred fire that is vouchsafed to twin flames when they have demonstrated the discipline necessary to keep the way of the Tree of Life. The [[Essenes|Essene Community]] was a repository for certain of the ancient mysteries as was the school at [[Crotona]] conducted by [[Pythagoras]].

Following the sinking of [[Lemuria]] and [[Atlantis]], the mystery schools that had been established there were relocated in China, India and Tibet as well as in Europe, the Americas and the Pacific fire ring, where they were maintained for thousands of years until, one by one, they were overrun by the hordes of darkness.  

Wherever these schools have been destroyed, the ascended masters who sponsored them withdrew their flames and sacred shrines to their retreats on the [[etheric plane]]. Here their disciples are trained between embodiments and in their finer bodies (during sleep or [[samadhi]]) in order that they might attain that divine Self-knowledge that, until [[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 ===

The long-awaited “Coming Buddha,” Maitreya has indeed come to reopen his Mystery School to assist Saint Germain and [[Portia]], twin flames of the [[seventh ray]] and hierarchs of [[Aquarius]], to usher in the New Age. On May 31, 1984, he dedicated the [[Heart of the Inner Retreat]] and the entire [[Royal Teton Ranch]] to the path and teaching of the Cosmic Christ in order that those who departed from his tutelage, going the way of Serpents (the fallen angels who led Eve astray), might be restored and the children of the light follow the Son of God in the regeneration.  

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

== Retreats ==

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{{main|Maitreya’s Retreat over Tientsin, China}}

As well as his focus in the Himalayas, Maitreya maintains an etheric retreat over Tientsin, China, southeast of Peking (Beijing). With Lord Gautama he also teaches students seeking to graduate from earth’s schoolroom at the [[Shamballa|Eastern]] and [[Western Shamballa]] and at the [[Royal Teton Retreat]].

His banner is the thoughtform of a mighty 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.”

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