Smile often, Maitreya Buddha

Author: Zhou Zhuojie
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Publishing Date: 2005-10-01
Features: Great tolerance can embrace the unbearable under heaven; a smiling mouth laughs at the laughable in the world. The Future Buddha can foretell the future, predict fortune and misfortune, reveal auspicious and inauspicious signs, and everything comes true. Adapted from the author's long mythological novels "The Legend of the Seven Fairies" and "Zhao Gongming, the God of Wealth," the 28-episode TV series "New Heavenly Fairy Match" and the 28-episode TV series "The God of Wealth Arrives" (also known as "The Legend of the God of Wealth") garnered significant social response. Adapted from the short story "The Legend of Xing Xiuyang," the opera TV series "Record of a Playful Judgment" won the "Flying Appliance Award" from the China Radio and Television Ministry. The author is renowned as the "Mystery Talent of Chu Tian," "The Ghostly Talent of East Hubei," "Master of Chinese Mythological Fiction," and "Father of Chinese Series Mythological Novels." The People's Daily has published six feature articles on Zhou Zhuojie; the magazine "Oriental" sponsored by the "All-American Writers Association" published a long feature article "Zhou Zhuojie and Chinese Mythology," introducing the author and his works to American readers. China Central Television has broadcast his special documentaries twice. The famous host Cui Yongyuan once invited him as a guest on "Cui's Story."
The Future Buddha, Maitreya, is often depicted with an exposed chest and belly, a joyful expression, and an open mouth, embodying the phrase "[Great tolerance can embrace the unbearable under heaven; a smiling mouth laughs at the laughable in the world]." This lovable figure instantly evokes a sense of familiarity. In people's hearts, the secularized Maitreya is no longer a noble deity but a cheerful and optimistic friend.
With vivid and entertaining stories and witty language, this book tells readers why Maitreya, the Future Buddha, was not placed in the Heavenly King Hall in India but in the center of the Great Vehicle Hall. It also explores why, after coming to China, Maitreya developed an intricate and unresolved relationship with the Golden Spear Prince, the son of the Jade Emperor, and the Baguashan from the Later Liang period of the Five Dynasties.