Buddhist eschatology

thumb|Schist Greco-Buddhist art|Greco-Buddhist statue of Maitreya, [[Gandhara, 3rd century]]

Buddhist concept; consists of impermanence (anicca), suffering (dukkha), and non-self (anattā)

3 divisions of time after Buddha's death: Former Day, lasting 1000 or 500 years, when the Dharma is upheld; Middle Day, lasting 1000 or 500 years, when a semblance of the Dharma remains; Latter Day, lasting 10000 years, when the Dharma declines

Theological views of the end of the world in modern Buddhism