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DIRECTION: ltr; COLOR: #1a577b; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" id=INCREDITEXTREGION vAlign=top> <DIV id=INCREDI_TEXT_AREA> <DIV><IMG style="HEIGHT: 107px" id=INCREDIINSERTIMAGE border=0 align=absMiddle src="casonline logo 20112.gif" INCREDIIMAGEATTRIBS></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><IMG src="Maitreya_poster3.jpg" alt="Maitreya Poster" name="INCREDIINSERTIMAGE" width="326" height="308" border=0 align=absMiddle id=INCREDIINSERTIMAGE style="HEIGHT: 295px" INCREDIIMAGEATTRIBS></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Arial Black">"Namo Da Ci Mi Le Pu Sa: </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Arial Black">Homage to Lord Maitreya, the Bodhisattva of Great Love !!"</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Arial Black"></FONT></STRONG>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV> <DIV class="style1">OM MAIM MAITREYE SOHA </DIV> </DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4 face="Century Gothic">CAS's Demand Video features&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic"></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic"><FONT size=7><STRONG>"The Sutra of the Ascension of Lord Maitreya":</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><A title=http://www.casotac.com/Webvod.htm href="http://www.casotac.com/Webvod.htm"><FONT size=5 face="Arial Black"><EM>http://www.casotac.com/Webvod.htm</EM></FONT></A></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV> <DIV>____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4 face="Century Gothic"></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4 face="Century Gothic">Our main website: </FONT><A title=http://www.casotac.com/ href="http://www.casotac.com"><FONT size=4 face="Century Gothic">www.casotac.com</FONT></A><FONT size=4 face="Century Gothic"> </FONT></DIV> <DIV>___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=6 face="Century Gothic"><STRONG>"Sutra on the Birth of the Bodhisattva Maitreya in the Tushita":</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic"></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic">... The merit of Tushita ( Lord Maitreya's Pure Land ) is unique. Even if a tathagata were to describe it for a kalpa, the description would not be complete... </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic"></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic">Tushita is a place of consummate joy and happiness... </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic"></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic">From Lord Maitreya's jeweled crown innumerable tathagatas, along with their retinues of bodhisattvas, will be emanated. They will demonstrate 18 types of miracles to the bodhisattvas of other realms. From Lord Maitreya's brow rays of white light will emerge. From those light rays will appear numerous devas, blazing with light, adorned with marks and signs, their bodies as colourful as hundreds of jewels. Those devas will teach, throughout day and night, the dharma wheel of irreversibility... </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic"></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic">After I, the bhagavat Shakyamuni, haved passed into nirvana, all those of the 4 retinues who abide in vows, venerate stupas, recite sutras, create images of the tathagatas, and recite Maitreya's name will after their deaths be miraculously born Tushita. They will see Maitreya's face, hear his dharma, and will eventually receive prophecy from the buddhas of this fortunate kalpa. Anyone who hearing the name of the bodhisattva mahasattva Maitreya, prostrates to him with joy and respect will not fall into realms of darkness after their death... </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic"></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic">Will be welcomed at death by rays of white light emanated from Maitreya's brow. They will be received by devas casting rains of mandarava flowers. In an instant, they will be born in the deva abode of Tushita. They will see Maitreya's face, hear his dharma, and find the path to unsurpassable awakening... </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic"></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic">They will ( also ) see as many buddhas as the ganges river's sand grains.&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=6 face="Century Gothic"><STRONG>The Ratnakuta Sutra: the "Great Lion's Roar of Maitreya":</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic"></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic">&nbsp; ....The Buddha then placed his golden right hand, the result of the virtue of innumerable kalpas, on Maitreya's head and said, "Maitreya, in the future, during the final 500 years, when holy dharma is disappearing, enthusiastically guard, uphold, and sustain holy dharma. Ensure that the lineage of the three jewels is unbroken." </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic"></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic">As the Buddha placed his hand on Maitreya's head, the world shook 3 times and was filled with bright light. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic"></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic">The devas of all realms up to Akanishtha joined their palms and said,"Lord Maitreya, be enthusiastic for the benefit of many beings!" </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic"></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic">Maitreya then arose from his seat. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic"></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic">He bowed to the bhagavat and said,"Bhagavat, for the sake of even one being I would be willing to remain in samsara until its end ..." Maitreya said this while placing his right knee on the ground.&nbsp;&nbsp;As he did so, this realm of a billion worlds shook 6 times... </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic"></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic"><STRONG>( "A Garland of Jewels&nbsp;- the 8 Great Bodhisattvas", KTD Publications. )</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic">_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic"></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><STRONG>THE Aside:</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">In 1910 William Clifton Dodd, a minister representing the American Prsbytarian Mission.. Embarked ( to where he called ) "regions where no missionary had ever preceded"... </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">At a monastery in Muang La, Dodd showed a throng of curious villagers illustrations of Christian themes ... </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">" .... The Lue villagers were making all sorts of wild guesses about those wonderful pictures. At first they meant nothing sacred to them... When their curiosity had been somewhat sated, I explained the pictures. It was a fine sight to see their mirth change to reverence, then to deepest interest ... Many of them lifted their hands in adoration. As the adoration was directed neither to me nor the picture, but to the "Coming One" ... </FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">I did not forbid." </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">... A Lue man in the audience asked Dodd,"Is this Yesu ( jesus ) he whom we call the Noble Lord Maitreya ??".&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">(&nbsp;"The Buddha in the Jungle" by Kamala Tiyavanich. )</FONT></STRONG></DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV id=INCREDISIGNATUREID> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT></STRONG>&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></DIV></TD> <TD vAlign=bottom width=1 align=right>&nbsp;</TD> </TR></TBODY></TABLE></P></DIV><!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStart|**|-~--> <DIV style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-TOP: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; CLEAR: both; FONT-SIZE: 11px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" id=ft><A style="FLOAT: left" title=http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJkMHU1NzNuBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzk4NjM0NDEEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDczOTQ3BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA2dmcARzdGltZQMxMzA3Mjg0NTU2 href="http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJkMHU1NzNuBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzk4NjM0NDEEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDczOTQ3BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA2dmcARzdGltZQMxMzA3Mjg0NTU2"></A></DIV> <!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| --></DIV><!-- ygrp-msg --><!-- Sponsor --><!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> <!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| --> <DIV style="COLOR: #fff; 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