<p>This Sinhala recension of the Anagatavamsa, here translated into English for the first time, is but one of several texts forming a genre of Buddhist apocalyptic literature generated by the cult of Maitreya in South and South-east Asia. It is a prophetic text revealing a rich religious imagination focussed upon the advent of the future Buddha in a time when those who have long persevered in the religious quest will gain an opportunity to realize the highest spiritual attainment.</p>

Anagatavamsa Desana: The Sermon of the Chronicle-to-Be (Buddhist Tradition Series)

John Clifford Holt

Udaya Prasanta Maddegama

Religion & Spirituality

Motilal Banarsidass

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