Why when Maitreya comes on major television will He not use His own name?
A. For a number of reasons. One is that many people would not know who Maitreya is. He wishes to be introduced to the world as a man among men, but Who has ideas which, so far, most people have not thought about for the reconstruction of the world. In that way He does not make a division between Christians, Buddhists, Moslems and Hindus. If He was introduced as the Christ, say, then Christians would be divided. Some would say “Halleluja! The Christ is here!” Others would say “He is not the Christ, he is a fake, he is the antichrist.” Or, if they liked His ideas, which many fundamental Christians, in my experience do not, even without seeing Him – they are convinced already that He must be antichrist, they do not like the idea of sharing, they do not seem to like justice and peace in the world – they will automatically reject Him. Because He has not come down in a cloud into Jerusalem as they expect, they have a prejudice from the start. If He called Himself the Christ, there would be t
BC: For a number of reasons. One is that many people would not know who Maitreya is. He wishes to be introduced to the world as a man among men, but who has ideas which, so far, most people have not thought about for the reconstruction of the world. In that way he does not make a division between Christians, Buddhists, Moslims and Hindus. If he was introduced as the Christ, say, then Christians would be divided. Some would say “Halleluja! The Christ is here!” Others would say “He is not the Christ, he is a fake, he is the anti-christ.” Or, if they liked his ideas, they might accept him whoever he was. If they do not like his ideas, which many fundamentalist Christians, in my experience, do not, even without seeing him ― they are convinced already that he must be the anti-christ, they do not like the idea of sharing, they do not seem to like justice and peace in the world ― they will automatically reject him. Because he has not come down in a cloud into Jerusalem as they expect, they ha
