Guest guest Posted March 8, 2001 Report Share Posted March 8, 2001 A GOLDEN AGE IS COMING I have to thanks guru Sanjay for the following description of the Good part of Kali Yug, so to say an Spring in the Cold Winter (KALI).? There seems to be some confusion about understanding of the Yuga cycles. This is so because of the lack of appretiation of the Term "Sankalpha" done at the begining of the prayers. ( Gayatri) The day of Brahma is called "Kalpha" from which the word "Sankalpha" is derived. Kalpha also means Lagna. Hence Brahma controls longevity. In the day there is "Leela" and in the Night, the universe is withdrawn and exists as a potentiality. This Kalpha is about 4320 Million years and 360 such Brahma days make a Brahma Year. Now, Brahma's life is for 100 such years (followed by a dissolution called Prakrittika Mahapralaya) and it is believed that Brahma is in His 51st Year. The Kalpha is divided into 14 Manvantaras of which we are in the 7th called Manu Vaivasvata. Each Manvantara is for 306,720,000 years with gaps between the manvantara's in any Kalpha. Each Manvantara is further subdivided into 71 Mahayuga (approx.) as 1000 Mahayuga make one Kalpha. Each Mahayuga is further divided into four Yuga's called Krta (Four), Treta (Three), Dvapara (Two) and Kali (One) of lengths 4800, 3600, 2400 and 1200 "YEARS OF THE GODS". Here the years of the Gods refers to the Sun as Deva is derived from Diva (Light) and the Sun is also called Divakara. THIS IS WHERE THE ERROR CREEPS IN I.E. THE INTERPRETATION OF THE TERM "YEAR OF THE GODS". WHILE THIS IS GENERALLY ACCEPTED AS THE MOTION OF THE SUN IN ONE DAY, SOME HAVE EQUATED THIS TO ONE YEAR OF HUMAN LIFE. Thus, they misrepresent the periods as 4800, 3600, 2400 and 1200 human years instead. The Manu Smriti has stated that "A DAY OF THE GODS IS EQUAL TO A YEAR IN HUMAN LIFE" . This is also the reason why I have been requesting the Software programmers to calculate the dasa-antar and other smaller periods correctly on the basis of the Actual solar transit of 360 Degrees with fluctuations in one year instead of interpolating on the figure of 365.25 days as a lot of approximation creeps in. Another blunder is to equate the year of the Gods blindly to 360 human years on the approximate basis of 1 Degree transit of the Sun per day when we know this to be 365.25 solar days This is how another doubt of 360 days instead of 365.25 days per year has crept in. START OF KALI The dating of the Kali yuga is the vexed question. Tradition accepts this as 3102 BC, whereas others relying on the other factors give 900 BC or 600 BC etc. How do we resolve this? So we are in a SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB PERIOD OF KALI I think I may miss one SUB SUB , but the idea is clear. So our tiny mundane reality fits in the next paragraph. The KaliChakra (1880 to 2000 AD) has seen the development of the most powerful weapons for mass destruction as well as their use. Next year, the entire cycle changes and another MahaChakra of 1200 Years begins with a KretaChakra (2000 to 2480 AD) and once again, the temples will be built, literature will flourish and a lot of good will happen on this planet. there is so much intact information available in the Oriya prose that probably soon will be translated for the benefit of all of us. Hope this info is welcome best wishes in the service of Brahma Vidya. Chaitanya S. das Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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