L. Ron Hubbard claimed to be this figure in his poem "Hymn of Asia."
L. Ron Hubbard claimed to be this figure in his poem "Hymn of Asia." The Chinese empress Wu Zetian justified her seizure of power by proclaimed herself an incarnation of this deity. This deity imparted his Five Treatises to Asanga, one of the founders of the Yogacara school, while waiting in the (*) Tushita Heaven for the time when he will reintroduce the Dharma to the world after it has been long forgotten. He is sometimes depicted as the fat and smiling monk Budai, though his physical body is many times larger than a human's. Eschewing tantra recitation, he will instruct a retinue of 84,000 monks when the world is ruled by Shankha. For 10 points, name the bodhisattva who is prophesied to appear on Earth as the successor to the historical Buddha.
L. Ron Hubbard claimed to be this figure in his poem "Hymn of Asia."
Maitreya Buddha [prompt on Laughing Buddha or Buddha]