I recently got to know (as written at this link) the Aṭṭha Parikkhāra (eight requisites) to be given by the Maha Brahma to Maitreya/Metteyya Bodhisattva at the time of the renunciation has already been created and ready.
Is there anything related to this sort of dharma in the Tripitaka?
I have not heard of a ‘Atapirikara’ from Maha Brahma, but the legend says: “When Maitreya Buddha appears in the world, he will come to Kukkuta-padagiri (the Cook's-foot Mountain) – presently known as ‘Gurpa’, awaken Maha Kassapa, receive the Buddha’s robes from him, and then begin to announce the new dispensation. Maha Kassapa had been praised by the Buddha as being equal to him in many respects. He had been the only monk with whom the Buddha had exchanged robes.
Then both Master and disciple walked towards Rajagaha. On the way, the Buddha wanted to rest and went off the road to the root of a tree. Maha Kassapa then folded his double-robe fourfold and requested the Master to sit on it as this would bring him, Kassapa, much benefit for a long time. The Buddha sat down on Kassapa's robe and said: "Soft is your robe of patched cloth, Kassapa." Hearing this, Kassapa replied: "May the Blessed One, O Lord, accept this robe of patched cloth out of compassion for me!" — "But, Kassapa, can you wear these hempen, worn-out rag-robes of mine?" Full of joy, Kassapa said: "Certainly, Lord, I can wear the Blessed One's rough and worn-out rag-robes."
This exchange of robes can be regarded as a great distinction bestowed on Kassapa, an honor which was not shared by any other disciple. By that exchange of robes the Buddha may have intended to motivate Kassapa to observe some other "austere practices" (dhutanga) as for instance, wearing only the triple set of robes, going for alms and not omitting any houses on the almsround. This would be a mode of conduct in conformity with wearing the Buddha's patched rag-robes. Thus the commentator says. However, the Buddha's offer may have been a quite spontaneous act in response to his being offered Kassapa's robe.
It is this very same rough and worn-out rag-robe that the Blessed One first wore and then given to Maha Kassapa, and in turn he too wore till his Pari-Nibbhana, that Maitreya Buddha will come to accept. Some say that Maha Kassapa didn’t attain Pari-Nibbhana. Instead, he took Samadhi within the rock - that Maha Kassapa will offer the robes of the Gautama Buddha to the future Buddha when Maitryea Buddha descends to this realm in order to share the next basket of teachings with the world. Others say it is an “Adhisthana” (by the power of his will to make such an event happen) that he made at the time he attained Pari-Nibbhana.
Ata Pirikara that is to be given to Maithree Bodhisatva at the time of the renunciation by the Maha Brahma has already been created and ready.
It could be true.
But here is more general information regarding this.
There's one last Dharma Desana after another 2500 years (at 5000 after physical deth of Gauthama Buddha.)
In the future, human age goes down to 10 years.(this takes like 100000++ years /there's no exact number I remember).
Then comes grate destruction of human civilization.(only little amount of humans left after this).
Then human age grow again. Like 10 to 20,40,100,1000, upto "number I don't like to post(has reasons). This take like millions of years.(that's what's said). Then this number start to drop again. When this number reach 80,000 ; That's when Maithree Bodhisatva come to Earth to become Buddha.
On Earth that's long long time, that people can't even grasp it. But there are planes of existence which has long and long living age (like millions of years). So those beings see the whole process and it's like next year for them. So it's normal for them to be ready for next event. That's the reason for given statement in the question.
Guide :-
Ex- Compare how much time a normal person live (in this time) to the life of a bee. workers live on average 15–38 days in the summer and 150–200 days in the winter. So take 100 days as their age. And take 100 years as human age. What can us humans do in 100 days. We are just babies at 100 days. But bees do all of life processes in that 100 days.
More info(some numbers in Buddhism)
If anyone is interested, I can put more info here. Thanks 🙏. ☸️.
Bhikkhu Sujato wrote:
The Dīgha Nikaya contains truly mythic texts in DN 26 The Wheel-Turning Monarch (Cakkavattisīhanādasutta) and DN 27 The Origin of the World (Aggaññasutta). These set forth a myth of origins, replacing conventional creation mythology with an evolutionary account of how the world came to be the way it is. In these stories, human choices play a critical role in how the environment evolves, and in how it will all fall apart. The Aggañña depicts climate change quite explicitly, showing how human activity affects the plants, the weather, and the natural ecosystem of which we are a part (see also AN 3.56).
The mythology is essentially cyclic. There is no absolute beginning, just another turning of the wheel. Thus even when the world falls apart and civilization collapses, there will be a new renaissance, far in the future, and ultimately another Buddha will arise. He is named as Metteyya (Sanskrit: Maitreya), who in the early texts appears only in DN 26 Cakkavattisīhanāda. He went on to become one of the most important figures in Mahāyāna Buddhism, and many Buddhists even today still await his coming with hope. Yet DN 26 is not taught in order to encourage devotees to dedicate themselves to Metteyya, but to illustrate the impermanence and uncertainty of our lives. The Buddha always taught that we should practice as best we can to understand the Dhamma in this life.
Therefore, to answer the question, it appears the concept of Metteyya Buddha is found in DN 26 however DN 26 does not mention Mahabrahma offering eight requisites to Metteyya Buddha.
