འཕགས་པ་བྱམས་པས་ཞས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད intro.4
The Question of Maitreya (1) intro.4
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intro.4
In The Question of Maitreya, the Buddha predicts that Maitreya will attain enlightenment due to having applied the skillful means of the Bodhisattva Vehicle (Bodhisattvayāna), a synonym for the Mahāyāna. This vehicle, its entry, and its path are described as “easy,” in contrast to the difficulties encountered by the Buddha himself. His hardship is detailed in a passage that is unusual for its portrayal of the harsh rejection of the Buddha and his teachings by some of his contemporaries.