Maitreya (disambiguation)

is the future Buddha in Buddhist eschatology.

may also refer to:


 * Maitreya (Mahābhārata), a sage in the Indian epic Mahabharata
 * Maitreya (Share International), an organization that has stated Maitreya has been living in London, England since the 1970s
 * Maitreya (Theosophy), a member of the Theosophical "Masters of the Ancient Wisdom"
 * Maitreya-nātha, the reputed co-author of a number of Yogacara Buddhist treatises
 * Maitreya Great Tao, a Yiguandao splinter sect founded by Wang Hao-te
 * Maitreya teachings, a set of beliefs that developed in China as early as the 6th century CE
 * Maitreya Upanishad, one of the minor scriptures of Hinduism
 * Akshay Kumar Maitreya, Indian historian and social worker
 * Arya Maitreya Mandala, a Tibetan Buddhism Order founded by Anagarika Govinda
 * Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero, a Sri Lankan monk and scholar
 * Sananda Maitreya (fka Terence Trent D'Arby), an American singer-songwriter