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ls Budai a god?

Budai is Maitreya Buddha. Also known as Maitreya Bodhisattva Mahasattva, Maitreya is also from Sanskrit, meaning “compassion” and translated as “Cishi”. This is just Maitreya’s surname, and his name is “Ajita”. After becoming a monk, Maitreya revered Sakyamuni Buddha as…

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