"Characteristics One of the earliest mention of Maitreya is a Sanskrit text, the Maitreyavy??kara???a (The Prophecy of Maitreya), stating that gods, men and other beings will worship Maitreya and : will lose their doubts, and the torrents of their cravings will be cut off : free from all misery they will manage to cross the ocean of becoming; and, as a result of Maitreya's teachings, they will lea" . . . . .