The role of Messianism in Tibetan Buddhism and the reasons for its trend in the present era

Mitreya, the savior promised in the Buddhism, have been foretold of hiscoming in scriptures of all Buddhist traditions. The principle focus of thisprophecy traces back to the words of the Buddha in the three Pali baskets.Over time, however, the issue has gained features not found in other Buddhist traditions. Therefore, the present status and importance of Mitreya has also become different in different Buddhist traditions. The messianic beliefs in Tibetan Buddhism has gained considerable attention by many orientalists, because of the recency of time and the influence of Hinduism, often dealing with issues such as facing the Abrahamic religions, particularly Islam itself. Also there is a religious and political importance of this, because Mitreya is linked with the issue of global governance in the future, there is an emphasis by the Dalai Lama XIV, the political and religious leader of Tibetan Buddhism on restoring the concept of Mitreya. He also built the biggest statue of Mitreya a town called "Budgia" in India, which is referred to as the place where Buddha reached the 'illumination'. The present article deals with status of the Mitreya in Tibetan tradition and its special features, and then analyzes the main causes it is gaining new interest in Tibet.