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Wikipedia: Buddhists believe that Maitreya (meaning "Friendship" in Sanskrit) is currently a spiritually advanced bodhisattva (a being who is practicing the path towards full Buddhahood) in Tuṣita heaven, said to be reachable through meditation, where he will remain until it is the right time for him to descend to earth to attain Buddhahood.Maitreya may occasionally incarnate in the world to guide humanity directly. Some Theosophists, like C. W. Leadbeater, held that Maitreya previously reincarnated as Christ.
