May I introduce to you The Greatest Sign.
This is a yantra by Maitreya and is the base of his teachings.
The symbols, starting from the bottom to the right are:
mystical paths
star of david
cross
crecent moon and star
nine-armed star
sign of Baba
The yantra is a Path.
hello Nabil
not everyone knows who Maitreya is..can you exapnd?
tigress
Yes, tigress I would be happy to expand.
HISTORY
Maitreya`s birth name is Muhammad,(Maitreya was also a name given to him),and he was born in Iran in 1944, in the city of Tehran,(Bab prophecied his,"beloved", would come from that city), and Maiterya was born a Sayyed,(descendent of Prophet Muhammand).
Upon arriving in the United States for his education, Maitreya quickly took a liking to the Ananada Marga Movement and he began his spiritual practices with this group. Ananada Marga is a hindu based movement whose founder, Shrii Shrii Ananadamurti,(Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar) and some followers were jailed for their progressive beliefs, that began in 1955 and are still here today(Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar is passed away). Maitreya joined this group and began to meditate.
In 1977, around the same time he came to the United States for his education, Maitreya was struck by a vision. As it was, he went to visit his cousin in the Chicago area on some time off of school, and his cousin took him to the Bahia Temple there. Here is the story via the webpage:
"Maitreya's cousin and his wife are doctors, M.D's. They worked in Chicago then. He hadn't seen them for probably five or six years. So he called them and said, "What do you think if I come and spend a week with you?" They said, "Sure, come, come. We would love to have you."
Maitreya took his car and started driving toward Chicago. Mississippi to Chicago is almost like a straight-line north, almost, not completely. So he went and arrived at their house around three days later. They sat around and talked. They renewed their friendship and things like that. A few hours later, they asked him, "What do you want to do tomorrow?" They were both supposed to go to work. But his wife had off the next day. The rest of the week they both had to go to work.
She said, "I have off tomorrow, what do you want to do? How about going to see the Baha'i Temple?" Maitreya said, "OK, sure, that would be fine." Maitreya had read a little about the Baha'i Faith but he had never seen a Baha'i Temple. In the morning, they woke up around 9:30, 10 o'clock. They took their car, they took the children (they had two boys), and his wife and he drove all the way to the Baha'i Temple.
The Baha'i Temple is built in a street. So they parked on the curb, the pavement, and they started going toward the Temple. There are steps there. You almost don't see the Temple until you go to the top of the steps.
[url]So they went there and walked up the steps, and oh, this beautiful white Temple was there[/url]. And there is a swastika, the Star of David (Judaism), the cross (Christianity), the moon and star (Islam), and the Baha'i symbol carved there on the temple. The moment Maitreya saw all these signs on the wall, a flash of realization occurred. He suddenly realized their relationships. His mind was filled with the excitement of this realization. It was impressed on him, all the symbols. That was where the whole Greatest Sign started to form. "
Maitreya married his wife and they now live in New Mexico, USA. Contacts for the Mission of Maitreya can be found all over the world. The Mission of Maitreya began to reach out to the world in 1982.
Descriptions of the teachings of Maitreya can be found in various places. Youtube has two videos, the eternal divine path, and there is also the website of the mission of maitreya:
Hi nabil.......we are about to form an interfaith group and Maitreya's story is very inspiring......thank you for sharing
thank you, should I just keep explaining?
Hi Nabil.......Yes!!, why not?....I personally like to hear and see as many variations of different paths as I can........otherwise we have nothing to connect to, when they are mentioned.
What are these religions here about? The answer is explained as, The Eternal Divine Path.
This is how the teachings of Maitreya, the yantra, Shrii Shrii Para Maha Yantra is explained.
This is not about who is right or wrong in the world of religion. The only dogma involved is to say that, 'this is a new teaching'. The teachings of The Greatest Sign, Shrii Shrii Para Maha Yantra, show a path, so then it can be said that Maitreya`s teachings are not a religion but a path. The yantra is a path that includes all beliefs, as explained by Maitreya.
If you wish to embark on this path you begin with the yantra: hari om shri hung - on nam kevelam. This yantra means, 'the goal of the life is to become divine - and that divinity(God) is everything'. And that is a very pleasant phrase to meditate on.
Sal-OM Nabil,
I was looking for the website URL for your quotes from Maitreya's website. I see it was posted on this thread but it does not show up here in this set. It is All thanks to God.