Material   : Copper. Gilt Face

Size         : 15cm (approximate size sitting)

Narrative :

Maitreya Buddha (ie Maitreya Bodhisattva, also known as Maitreya Mahasattva) (Sanskrit Maitreya, Pali Metteyya)

Freely translated as Cishi, transliterated as Meiliye, in the Mahayana Buddhist classics, it is often called Ajita Bodhisattva Mahasattva, the successor of the Buddha Sakyamuni, who will be born in the Saha world and practice Taoism in the future, becoming the Saha world The next Buddha (also known as the future Buddha)

That is, the fifth Buddha among the thousand Buddhas of the virtuous kalpa, is often called "Maitreya Buddha who will be reborn in the future". It is regarded as the originator of the Consciousness-Only School, and its vast ideological system was interpreted and carried forward by Asanga Bodhisattva and Shiqin Bodhisattva, and was highly praised by Chinese Mahayana Buddhist masters Zhiqian, Daoan and Xuanzang.

In some monasteries of Chinese Buddhism, it is common to see a bare-chested, smiling (or big-bellied bhikkhu) modeled after the Budai monk. In Buddhism, as a symbol of education, it means "a lot of good fortune" and reminds the world to learn tolerance. Among them, a big belly can tolerate things that are difficult to tolerate in the world; he smiles when he opens his mouth, and laughs at the ridiculous people in the world.