HINDU VIEWS

Hindu Views

Hindu Views

World Ages

The Hindu scriptures location the present world-age as happening inside the Kali Yuga of a much longer universal cycle than the easy 24,000 year ecquinoctial cycle with which Sri Yukteswar was concerned. The universal cycle of the scriptures of 4,300,560,000 years in span, and assesses out a Day of Creation. According to the mythologies of Hinduism, each world circuits is subdivided into four yugas or world ages (www.adishakti.org).

Krita    1,728,000

Treta    1,296,000

Dvapara  864,000

Kali     432,000

 

 

Existence

This conviction is contingent upon conviction in the immortal soul. The Hindus accept as factual that every soul passes through numerous reincarnations. The ...