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Maitreya is the future Buddha in Buddhist eschatology.

Maitreya may also refer to:

• Maitreya (Mahābhārata), a sage in the Indian epic Mahabharata
• Maitreya (Share International), an organization that has stated Maitreya has been living in London, England since the 1970s
• Maitreya (Theosophy), a member of the Theosophical "Masters of the Ancient Wisdom"
• Maitreya-nātha, the reputed co-author of a number of Yogacara Buddhist treatises
• Maitreya Great Tao, a Yiguandao splinter sect founded by Wang Hao-te
• Maitreya teachings, a set of beliefs that developed in China as early as the 6th century CE
• Maitreya Upanishad, one of the minor scriptures of Hinduism
• Akshay Kumar Maitreya, Indian historian and social worker
• Arya Maitreya Mandala, a Tibetan Buddhism Order founded by Anagarika Govinda
• Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero, a Sri Lankan monk and scholar
• Sananda Maitreya (fka Terence Trent D'Arby), an American singer-songwriter
• Buddha Maitreya (sculpture), a statue of Maitreya dated to 5th century China

See also

• Maitreyi (disambiguation)
• Maitreya Festival, electronic dance music festival with an alternative-lifestyle focus, held annually in Australia since 2008
• Maitreya Project, international organization originally set up to construct a 500ft-high statue of Maitreya Buddha
• Gilt-bronze Maitreya in Meditation (disambiguation), Buddhist sculptures designated Korean National Treasures
• Maha Vihara Maitreya, one of the largest Buddhist temples in Indonesia
• Paradise of Maitreya , dry fresco painting by Zhu Haogu, created during the Yuan Dynasty
• Benjamin Creme, Scottish author who promoted an interpretation of Maitreya

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