Picture of  Sakyamuni Buddha at 41. It drawn by His disciple named Purna. Now It stored in Imperial Museum in England.

Throughout His practice, Sakyamuni Buddha still had His hair short like others at that time (left). Not shaving His hair as later monks and nuns wrongfully thought to do. In His last meal, one of His faithful disciples, Purna, had offered Him a meal with a piece of barbequed meat. This indicated that Sakyamuni Buddha was not on a vegetarian diet every day, whatever His disciples offered to Him, He would eat. The Lord Supreme Maitreya also taught that even if Sakyamuni Buddha returned to live with His family, He would not lose His fruit of enlightenment. Latter disciples heavily focused on formality, decided themselves to shave their heads, be on a strict vegetarian diet, avoid the real world, and live in illusions, which were gradually separated from the true dharma. Therefore, their way of practice is no longer following the guiding principles of Buddha, rather focused on formality, which lead to the Dharma-End Age and until today.

Because of this mistaken way, during the time Lord Supreme Maitreya Buddha opened the practice as a layman in Nha Trang city for 37 years, no monks or nuns accepted and followed His enlightenment path of practice.