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tales about Buddha Shakyamuni). The coming of Maitreya is characterized by the following natural phenomenon: the oceans will diminish in size so that Maitreya can cross them without difficulty. In addition, the true dharma will be revealed to people so that a new world can be created. Among the phenomena that should foretell the appearance of the last Buddha are also listed: the cessation of death, wars, famine, diseases, and the entrance into a new society of tolerance and love.” But here it is curious, what steals attention, what is surprising, that as if he must, the Messiah, if one approaches this somehow in a generalized way, the Messiah must seem to come to judge everyone, but here it is said that he seems to come not to judge someone, but he will come when the world has already arrived, he will come when all this has already ended. That is, somewhere it is said that he will come and as if himself begin, so to speak, to stop it, that since he is the savior, to stop all calamities. But here for some reason it is said that he will come as if when all this for some reason will stop by itself, for some other reason, and only after that he will appear. Well, I just take this as a note, but here is also something interesting: “Some researchers believe that the cult of Maitreya (who is often depicted sitting ‘in a European manner’ on a throne) was influenced by the Zoroastrian cult of the god Mithra, associated with the Sun.” Also something curious. Then I googled about Vishnu. I actually wanted to see where he sits, about the ocean of milk. And here I google, and it pops up for me in Wikipedia that “The cycle of birth and death is his divine play (lila). Vishnu is responsible for maintaining dharma and destroying evil. To punish evildoers...” and so on, and so on, and so on. And I think, interesting, that is, earlier I did not see this, when in the third volume I first encountered Hinduism. I did not attach much importance to it and did not see it the way I now see it after the fifth volume, after the underworld, now I understand everything. And when I now read that “the cycle of birth and death is his divine play,” and that he has been doing this all the time, that he dies and is born, I think: “Wow, this is exactly what has been happening with me all this time.” And further, here is also something interesting, from where the Bodhisattva comes to Earth. “In the world of Tushita a bodhisattva is born before descending into the world of humans.” That is, it turns out, in the world of heaven first he is