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________ but a special thank for Jay Sri Radhey for the variegated treasures that she bestows upon our head and heart. ________ Is Jayasriradhey ji a "she"? A few days back, I saw a post by Shvu. In that also, he had used "she". How could you guys know this? I never guessed.:-)

Sorry, I made a mistake. I wrote "The duration of one cycle is 432000 year". In reality, the duration is 4320000 years (I had missed one zero). This makes lifetime of Brahma as 4320000*1000 years.

Dear jayasriradhey ji, Your reply was really very nice. From where do you get all these quotes? Maintaining some diary, huh? Dasha ji, About one week back, I started reading Srimad Bhagwatam. Before that also, I knew about most of the stories in that from different sources, but I had never read Bhagwatam itself. It is a really interesting reading. I am really becoming engrossed in it. Bhagwatam maintains that there are 14 Manus during the life-time of Brahma. And that life time of Brahma is equal to 1000 cycles of the four yugas. The duration of one cycle is equal to 432000 years. So lifetime of Buddha is 432000*1000 years. I have also read that here one year is equal to 360 days and not 365/366. So, if we consider the modern definition of one year, the actual no. will be a little less thatn 432000*1000 years. Anyway, my doubt is this: Presently we use units like year, month, day, hour, minute, second, fractions of second (like millisecond, microsecond, nanosecond, picosecond etc.) to measure time. What units are used in vedas and puranas? Are they same? If not, how do scholars in scriptures correlate between the units used in scriptures and the units used at present? I am not asking for the proof that the technique they use is correct. I just want to know the technique used by them.

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world. - Gautam Buddha

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world. - Gautam Buddha

There are many who claim to be having near death experiences. These indicate that mind (or should I say soul?) keeps working even after brain has stopped working. As I read just a few days in a newspaper, many scientists have also started considering this possibility. But one thing I do not understand. Why is it that if I faint and then come back to consciousness, I do not remember anything about what I was feeling during the time I was unconscious. If it is possible to remember something on coming back to life after having been declared brain dead, then it should be possible to remember on coming back to consciousness after being unconscious for a short while. One explanation could be that those who claimed to be having NDEs were lying. But I do not think that this is correct. Because, as I have mentioned above, many learned doctors have talked about this on the basis of the experiences of their patients. I do not think that these doctors are just cooking some stories. It can be said that the patients were making stories. But, it is also extremely unlikely that somebody would make such a story after such a big desease. I think that they do have such feelings (seeing light at the end of a tunnel etc.). So, what could be the explanation?

There are many who claim to be having near death experiences. These indicate that mind (or should I say soul?) keeps working even after brain has stopped working. As I read just a few days in a newspaper, many scientists have also started considering this possibility. But one thing I do not understand. Why is it that if I faint and then come back to consciousness, I do not remember anything about what I was feeling during the time I was unconscious. If it is possible to remember something on coming back to life after having been declared brain dead, then it should be possible to remember on coming back to consciousness after being unconscious for a short while. One explanation could be that those who claimed to be having NDEs were lying. But I do not think that this is correct. Because, as I have mentioned above, many learned doctors have talked about this on the basis of the experiences of their patients. I do not think that these doctors are just cooking some stories. It can be said that the patients were making stories. But, it is also extremely unlikely that somebody would make such a story after such a big desease. I think that they do have such feelings (seeing light at the end of a tunnel etc.). So, what could be the explanation?

jndas ji, Jayasriradhey ji, viji ji, Please throw some light on this.

Hi Shvu, >I remember reading somewhere that the years mentioned for Yugas were not actual years. This was the theory of some scholars who claimed that 400 of these years mean one calendar year. This is exactly what I want to know. As an example, I have read that the duration of one kaliyuga is equal to 432000 years. What is the meaning of "year" here? Is it the same as it is now? If not, then what? If yes, then how did scholars of vedas and puranas come to this figure? They must have translated sanskrit verses to arrive at this logic. But based on those verses, how do we know what the authors of our scriptures meant by the word year (i.e. its Sanskrit equivalent). Please note that I want to know the opinion of devotees here and not of archaelogists. Archaelogy does interest me. But since I have read these numbers (432000 etc.) in bhagwad Puran, so I think that the answer of devotees will be very important here. In general, I want to know how to correlate between the unit of time mentioned in scriptures and the unit used at present.

Hi Shvu, Thanks for the reply. Devotees consider puranas to be very old. So, I was thinking that there might be some difference between the definition of year used at present and then. If there is diference, then we need some formula to correlate the two. Bhagwad Puran says that Brahma lives for 100 years. 1 year of Brahma is equal to 360 days and nights. His one day is equal to 1000 cycles of the four yugas. Same is the duration of his one night.

One more: How many days and nights of the current Brahma have elapsed? Or, is the first day still continuing?

Sorry, I left one sentence incomplete: This means that, on an avaerage, there are 71 + 6/14 cycles of the four yugas during the reign of one Manu.

I am reading Bhagwad Puran. I have one question. I have read that one day of Brahma is equal to 1000 cycles of the four yugas and that there are 14 Manus in one day of Brahma. This means that, on an avaerage, there are 71 + 6/14 cycles of the four yugas. My question is: How many cycles of these four yugas have elapsed during the reign of the present manu?

This question has been bothering me for long. How do scholars correlate between the units of time duration mentioned in scriptures and the units used at present. English translations of many shlokas talk in terms of "years". Does this mean that there are some Sanskrit words that translate to a given no. of years? If not, then what other way is used to do the correlation? If yes, then how do we know that those who authored these scriptues (Ved Vyasa and others) meant the same thing by "year" (i.e. its Sanskrit equivalent) as we mean now? In other words, how do we know that they also used the time taken by Earth to complete one revolution around Sun to mean one year?

__________ If a person right from the beginning is never taught or showed any love or compassion, does this mean, the same person will never feel love or compassion. __________ Let me ask another question: If a person right from the beginning is never taught or showed any hatred or cruelty, does this mean, the same person will never feel hatred or cruelty?

__________ If a person right from the beginning is never taught or showed any love or compassion, does this mean, the same person will never feel love or compassion. __________ Let me ask another question: If a person right from the beginning is never taught or showed any hatred or cruelty, does this mean, the same person will never feel hatred or cruelty?

Something similar: In one website(neardeath.com), most of people who had near-death experience saw Jesus Christ. I remember having read a book that described near-death experiences of hindus. Most of them had seen lots of hindu gods with cloths and jewelleries as we have seen in pictures.

Something similar: In one website(neardeath.com), most of people who had near-death experience saw Jesus Christ. I remember having read a book that described near-death experiences of hindus. Most of them had seen lots of hindu gods with cloths and jewelleries as we have seen in pictures.

An example of information in subconscious coming to conscious?

An example of information in subconscious coming to conscious?

Written by sri Maithilisharan Gupt: Raam, Tumhare isi dhaam mein naam-roop-gun leela laabh; isi desh mein hamein janm do, lo pranam he Neerajnaabh. dhanya hamara bhoomi-bhaar bhi, jisase Tum avataar dharo; bhukti-mukti maangein kya Tumse, hamein bhakti do, O Amitaabh!

One of the teachings of Buddha was unconditional love towards all. This is clear from many incidents in his life. But the one incident that immediately comes to mind is his encounter with Angulimaal. Buddha did not hesitate in initiating a person who was hated upon by everybody. I am not going to write that story here because it is very well known.

One of the teachings of Buddha was unconditional love towards all. This is clear from many incidents in his life. But the one incident that immediately comes to mind is his encounter with Angulimaal. Buddha did not hesitate in initiating a person who was hated upon by everybody. I am not going to write that story here because it is very well known.

JayasriRadhey ji, Have you read a poem by Sri Maithili Sharan Gupt in which he describes the feelings of Yashodhara after Siddhartha had left her? I read it in my school days. I liked it so much that I memorised it. Of Course, nobody can say exactly what Yashodhara must be feeling. But the poem explains very nicely her possible feelings. Please read that if you can. You will like it.

JayasriRadhey ji, Have you read a poem by Sri Maithili Sharan Gupt in which he describes the feelings of Yashodhara after Siddhartha had left her? I read it in my school days. I liked it so much that I memorised it. Of Course, nobody can say exactly what Yashodhara must be feeling. But the poem explains very nicely her possible feelings. Please read that if you can. You will like it.