海外流失 | 北魏正光五年 鎏金青铜弥勒佛像

Buddha Maitreya (Mile) altarpiece
dated 524

Maitreya is the only divinity in Buddhism revered as both a bodhisattva and a Buddha. Slated as the next being to achieve enlightenment, he exists on the verge of Buddhahood, his bodhisattva’s vows completed and the promise of enlightenment assured. Devotion to Maitreya was widespread in China in the late fifth and sixth centuries. This complex assembly shows Maitreya emerging from a halo of flames as he descends to earth to rescue the devout.

弥勒是佛教中唯一同时被尊为菩萨和佛的神。他被认为是下一个获得开悟的人，他就在成佛的边缘，他的菩萨誓言已经完成，开悟的承诺也得到了保证。对弥勒的虔诚在五世纪末和六世纪在中国广泛传播。这个复杂的集会展示了弥勒菩萨从火焰的光环中浮现出来，他下降到人间去拯救虔诚的信徒。