Whoever says whatever do you believe? I am not because I have brain to think. Almost all followers are BLIND in mind because they are IGNORANT as we know that Buddha never ever claim that he was a God and he clearly said I am not a God but his discipline worship him as a God though the idea of god is itself nonsense because GOD exist only in human mind that is WHY no one can see but feel and think that God is there. =D Even some Muslim think that their prophet Mohammad was Maitreya Buddha (future Buddha who suppose to be born after 5000 years Shakyamuni Sidhartha Buddha death). Read here what famous Muslim leader of India had to say about Maitrey Buddha. Dr. Zakir Naik writes 1. Buddha prophesised the advent of a Maitreya: A) Almost all Buddhist books contain this prophecy. It is in Chakkavatti Sinhnad Suttanta D. III, 76: There will arise in the world a Buddha named Maitreya (the benevolent one) a holy one, a supreme one, an enlightened one, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe: What he has realized by his own supernatural knowledge he will publish to this universe. He will preach his religion, glorious in its origin, glorious at its climax, glorious at the goal, in the spirit and the letter. He will proclaim a religious life, wholly perfect and thoroughly pure; even as I now preach my religion and a like life do proclaim. He will keep up the society of monks numbering many thousands, even as now I keep up a society of monks numbering many hundreds. B) According to Sacred Books of the East volume 35 pg. 225: It is said that I am not an only Buddha upon whom the leadership and order is dependent. After me another Buddha maitreya of such and such virtues will come. I am now the leader of hundreds, he will be the leader of thousands. C) According to the Gospel of Buddha by Carus pg. 217 and 218 (From Ceylon sources): Ananda said to the Blessed One, Who shall teach us when thou art gone? And the Blessed one replied, I am not the first Buddha who came upon the earth nor shall I be the last. In due time another Buddha will arise in the world, a holy one, a supremely enlightened one, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals. He will reveal to you the same eternal truths, which I have taught you. He will preach his religion, glorious in its origin, glorious at the climax and glorious at the goal. He will proclaim a religious life, wholly perfect and pure such as I now proclaim. His disciples will number many thousands while mine number many hundreds. Ananda said, How shall we know him? The Blessed one replied, He will be known as Maitreya. (i) The Sanskrit word Maitreya or its equivalent in Pali Metteyya means loving, compassionate, merciful and benevolent. It also means kindness and friendliness, sympathy, etc. One Arabic word which is equivalent to all these words is Rahmat. In Surah Al-Anbiya: We sent thee not, but as a mercy for all creatures. [Al-Quran 21:107] Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was called the merciful, which is Maitri. (ii) The words Mercy and Merciful are mentioned in the Holy Qurân no less than 409 times. (iii) Every chapter of the Glorious Qurân, except Chapter 9, i.e. Surah Taubah begins with the beautiful formula, Bismillah Hir-Rahman Nir-Rahim, which means In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. (iv) The Word Muhammad is also spelt as Mahamet or Mahomet and in various other ways in different languages. The word Maho or Maha in Pali and Sanskrit mean Great and Illustrious and Metta means mercy. Therefore Mahomet means Great Mercy. Learn more from islamawareness.net/Buddhism/scriptures.html
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