Guest guest Posted January 5, 2003 Report Share Posted January 5, 2003 *******There's no error in the length of Kali Yuga, which I say clearly is 2400 years... >>>Yep, I missed that...looked at the diagram instead. ******No, it was correct on the diagram also: two back-to-back ages of 1200 years each, total 2400 years. I have no idea what you thought was in error. > ******* the time of its ending... Sri Yukteshwar and Rudolf Steiner both > independently put at 1899, as i say in the essay. >>>>>No, Sri Yukteswar puts the ending of Kali at 1699 (maybe that's what you > meant to say above?) including the 100 year Kali sandhi (pages 13-14). > Dwapara starts about 1700 according to Sri Yukteswar. The forward by > Yogananda lists 249 Dwapara as 1949. But I think these dates are off a > little because the precessional cycle isn't an even 24,000 years. Also I > think Sri Yukteswar considered an ayanamsa that wasn't quite correct. (But > he's still an Enlightened Sage.) > I've worked this out on paper in the past because I wanted to check events > against the precessional cycle and some of Cayce's events and dates. > Terese > > ******I was certain he said 1899 for the end of Kali Yuga; I'll check it. As to working from erroneous calculation of the vernal equinox, Yukteshwar was > himself, of course, correcting what HE said were the 'errors' of scribes > during the dark ages of Kali Yuga---- for instance claiming it to be > 232,000 years long due to a misunderstanding, as Prabhupada and his > followers (the 'Hare Krishnas' or ISKCON) still do. That's one of the reasons it bothers me to hear young folks who've been converted > recently to 'Vedic astrology' acting as if all Hindus speak with one voice, > because anyone who's really studied knows there are all sorts of > disagreements about the 'correct' astrology and the 'true' Vedic > traditions, just as there are about religion. Dr. Starman http://www.DrStarman.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2003 Report Share Posted January 5, 2003 A trivial query I know, but how is 'sidereal' pronounced? Regards Jen. - DRStarman2001 Sunday, January 05, 2003 4:57 PM Re: Digest Number 446 *******There's no error in the length of Kali Yuga, which I say clearly is 2400 years... >>>Yep, I missed that...looked at the diagram instead. ******No, it was correct on the diagram also: two back-to-back ages of 1200 years each, total 2400 years. I have no idea what you thought was in error. > ******* the time of its ending... Sri Yukteshwar and Rudolf Steiner both > independently put at 1899, as i say in the essay. >>>>>No, Sri Yukteswar puts the ending of Kali at 1699 (maybe that's what you > meant to say above?) including the 100 year Kali sandhi (pages 13-14). > Dwapara starts about 1700 according to Sri Yukteswar. The forward by > Yogananda lists 249 Dwapara as 1949. But I think these dates are off a > little because the precessional cycle isn't an even 24,000 years. Also I > think Sri Yukteswar considered an ayanamsa that wasn't quite correct. (But > he's still an Enlightened Sage.) > I've worked this out on paper in the past because I wanted to check events > against the precessional cycle and some of Cayce's events and dates. > Terese > > ******I was certain he said 1899 for the end of Kali Yuga; I'll check it. As to working from erroneous calculation of the vernal equinox, Yukteshwar was > himself, of course, correcting what HE said were the 'errors' of scribes > during the dark ages of Kali Yuga---- for instance claiming it to be > 232,000 years long due to a misunderstanding, as Prabhupada and his > followers (the 'Hare Krishnas' or ISKCON) still do. That's one of the reasons it bothers me to hear young folks who've been converted > recently to 'Vedic astrology' acting as if all Hindus speak with one voice, > because anyone who's really studied knows there are all sorts of > disagreements about the 'correct' astrology and the 'true' Vedic > traditions, just as there are about religion. Dr. Starman http://www.DrStarman.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2003 Report Share Posted January 6, 2003 At 10:34 PM 1/5/03 -0000, Jen wrote: >A trivial query I know, but how is 'sidereal' pronounced? Regards Jen. sigh-deer-yule Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2003 Report Share Posted January 6, 2003 or is it sigh-dearie-yule? --- Terese Hamilton <eastwest wrote: > At 10:34 PM 1/5/03 -0000, Jen wrote: > >A trivial query I know, but how is 'sidereal' > pronounced? Regards Jen. > > > sigh-deer-yule > > > > " How can Pluto be in Sagittarius when it's so close > to Antares? " ----- > > Post message: > Subscribe: > - > Un: > - > List owner: > -owner > > Shortcut URL to this page: > / > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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