Experts who have studied the Pure Land of Maitreya say it actually consists of two stages--ascending to Tusita heaven and being reborn into the world of men below--but people who believe in Maitreya nowadays are only intent on reaching Tusita heaven and forget that Maitreya intends to be reborn with them into the world below.
研究彌勒淨土的學者強調，彌勒淨土分「上升兜率天」和「下生人間」兩個階段，而「上升兜率天」是為了未來和彌勒一起「下生人間」、救度世人。可是後來信仰彌勒佛的人，卻只重視「上升兜率天」，忽略了彌勒的本願是「下生人間」。