Maitreya’s Aspiration

In the sutra “The Question of Maitreya” (Toh. 85, Maitreya­paripriccha, Jampa Zhupa), Buddha Shakyamuni recounts this prayer that Maitreya made as a bodhisattva aspiring to accomplish the six perfections and attain the ten bodhisattva levels. The prayer is also included in the Miscellaneous section of the Tengyur (Toh 4378).