As an expression of Dharma education in Buddhism, it means great quantity and great blessing, reminding the world to learn tolerance. In some monasteries of Han Buddhism, it is common to see bare chested, open belly and smiling (or big belly bhikkhu) modeled on the cloth bag monk. It is highly praised by Chinese Mahayana Buddhist masters Zhi Qian, dao'an and Xuan Zang. Its huge ideological system is interpreted and promoted by Wuzhao Bodhisattva and Shiqin Bodhisattva. It is regarded as the originator of the school of idealism. In the future, Maitreya will be born and cultivated in the Saha world and become the next Buddha (also called Future Buddha) in the Saha world, That is, the fifth Buddha among the Thousand Buddhas, which is often called Maitreya Buddha when he comes to the next life.

It is the successor of the Buddha Sakyamuni.

In Mahayana Buddhist classics, Maitreya is often called ayido Bodhisattva mahasa. Maitreya Bodhisattva, also called Maitreya Bodhisattva mahasa) (Sanskrit Maitreya, Pali metteyya), which is translated as Tzu and transliterated as mereliya.