And, as The New Encyclopædia Britannica notes, “even as unmessianic a religion as Buddhism has produced the belief, among Mahāyāna groups, in the future Buddha Maitreya who would descend from his heavenly abode and bring the faithful to paradise. ”
Ja nagu The New Encyclopædia Britannica märgib, „on isegi nii messia - võõras religioon nagu budism loonud Mahāyāna rühmituste seas uskumuse, et Buddha Maitreya tuleb tulevikus alla oma taevaselt eluasemelt ja viib ustavad paradiisi ”.