Vedas about the End of World
Vedas about the End of World
Let’s remember how often we have heard about approaching of the end of world just in recent years. 1980, then 1995. 1999 of course since 999 is inverted 666, the number of devil. 2000 was undoubtedly a candidate for final disaster. Nothing happened. Last year we saw a new agitation around this matter. Still alive.
And finally! The Mayan Calender ends in 2012! And what? Why should we be so concerned about it? Why are human beings so exited to know “WHEN”? Maybe because in the case of forthcoming fatal disaster we can stop fulfilling our duties and not take responsibility for what we are doing. By the way, Mayan calander was based on Venus cycle which ends and starts again in 2012.
Vedic scriptures know the exact day. The final collapse is expected to happen when the creator of our planetary system spends the last day of his 100 year long life which is going to be in 150 trillion 40 billion earth years. Since Vedas have already predicted historical facts that took place later (such as the coming of Christ and Buddha) it makes sense to take their predictions seriously.
The ancient scriptures state that nothing in the world is chaotic, unpredictable or uncontrolled. Everything happens systematically, in cycles and under control. There are planned crisises in our planetary system that come when a new era replaces the previous one. At that moment the world experiences a more or less serious crisis. Not just nature disasters and wars take place but the humans themselves experience disaster in their mind which becomes unstable and aggressive. Last time it happened about five thousand years ago, when in an 18 day war, 600 million people were killed. This battle on the field of Kurukshetra is described in Vedic scriptures at great length. After that a new era of cosmic cycle began.
Here is the calculation.
Vedas teach that in the material world, everything from atoms to planetary systems live through cycles of birth, growth, aging, and death. They state that our planetary system lives as long as its creator lives and is completely destroyed when he dies.
Brahma who created our universe on commission of Lord Krishna lives “only” one hundred years. These are Brahma’s years though. One Brahma year consists of 365 Brahma days. Each day has one thousand periods called Yuga.
Every Mega Yuga (0.001 of a Brahma day) lasts 4 million 320 thousand of earth years. According to that knowledge our planetary system lives 4 million 320 thousand times 1000, times 365, times 100 earth years. We are in the middle of Brahma’s life now and our universe will live about 50 more Brahma years. The final collapse is expected when he reaches his 100th birthday which is going to be in 150 trillion 40 billion earth years.
One Yuga has four Sub Yugas that are often compared with seasons of the year. Satya or Krita yuga (Golden age) is spring of our planetary system which last 4800 celestial years or 1,728,000 human years. Regarding the other cycles the duration of each gradually decreases by a quarter. Treta yuga or Silver age is summer, Dvapara yuga or Bronze age is fall and Kali yuga or Iron age is winter of the material world. Starting with Spring, the life span and piety of living beings decrease from season to season reaching their minimum in Kali yuga. Iron age is the lowest, most impure, and vicious, where ignorance rules. At the end of every season and every cosmic year, the material world is partially destroyed just as the nature revives with every spring.
We live in Kali yuga or the Age of quarrel. According to Vedic scriptures it began about 5 thousand years ago at midnight (00:00) 18 February 3102 BCE and will last 427 thousand years. That means that the nearest partial destruction is appointed at the end of the Age of Kali in 427 thousand years.
Now we can relax and direct our attention to things that really matter. The good news is that nothing can destroy us. We are neither bodies, nor bodies with souls. We are immortal souls that are temporary wearing material bodies like a fireman has to wear a protective suit when acting in circumstances he would not survive without it. It was not always that way and it will not always be so. Since we are living forever souls nothing can destroy true us. The progress of an individual soul to higher spiritual world is inevitable and just a matter of time.
See also: Vedas on Cosmos; Time- the most Powerful Factor; The Law of Karma; Vedas on Money.
TODAY’S TIP: Let’s get prepared for the real end of world which everyone of us will surely experience sooner or later. Vedic knowledge teaches that our future body, our future life and all that will happen to us depend on the aspirations we have at the moment of death. What we are thinking of at that moment is critical and defines the body type and destiny we have. In order to be able to have glorious thoughts at that key instant we need to regularly practice this state of mind in our everyday lives.
Firstly 1 bhramha day is of 360 human years
Secondly each sub yug is of 2700 years plus 300 yug sandhi
Thirdly god lives beyond the space horion which creates this time gap
Fourth only our soul can cross the space horison
Fifth if anything or anyone other than our soul tries to cross the horison it would be destroyed (This process is called spegitification)
Hi Aarsh,
Actually a Brahma day is 365 human years.
See below:
The controversy of 360 versus 365 days per year has come into being because in this day and age those who are studying Vedic astrology are doing so without being properly educated in Vedic cultural traditions. From a study of the Vedas and astronomical texts we find that the Sun is the basis for measuring time. That the year is based on the seasons which is again based on the movement of the Sun. There are several types of years in vogue in Vedic culture. The only reference to a 360 day year was used strictly for sacrificial purposes, the soma-yajna, it was not a lunar or solar year, nor was it used for civil or astrological purposes. The Vedic Lunar calendar is actually Solar because it is tied to the seasons which in turn are a Solar phenomena, thus the Lunar and Solar calendars measure the same length of time and do not diverge as a function of time as does the 360d/y in comparison with the 365d/y. Confusion arose after the British introduced the Gregorian calendar into India, then Lunar tithis became mistakenly equated with Solar days and the Lunar year of 360 tithis became confused with a solar year of 360 days. Inspite of this confusion pre-British classics in Vedic astrology such as Phala Dipika clearly state that the year for Mahadasa calculation is 365 day year. The claims of those who state they get better results using a 360 day year is based on ignoring the holistic approach to astrological analysis and is more or less bluff and opinion. If we must choose on the basis of opinion then choose the opinion of the Rishis and previous acaryas who are steeped in the Vedic cultural traditions of astronomy and calendric science. The previous acaryas follow the 365 day year for mahadasa calculation. We close this discussion by quoting part of a letter by the late, learned, Vedic scholar H.R. Shankar that appeared in The Astrological Magazine: – See more at: http://www.shyamasundaradasa.com/jyotish/resources/articles/how_long_year/how_long_year_6.html#sthash.KV2sh18B.dpuf
Thanks i believed 360 earlier ????
But what about the other things i read ?
Hi Aarsh,
There are plenty of different speculations and theories that pop up and disappear almost every day.
One has to find a trustful source of knowledge in order not to waste time and life on reading nonsense.
My source is Shrimad Bhagavatam, a holy scripture proved by millenniums. It contains the material knowledge, some of that the modern scientists didn’t discover yet and the spiritual knowledge about the soul, Super Soul and their interrelation.
This is the only source of knowledge that is worth to study.
Best regards.
Larisa
I actually did a lot of research on the topic . My conclusion is that there are 360 days (were) in the cycle . There is a formulae in physics through which it can easily be calculated. Every year nearly 1.5 second is added yo the globe. Also krishanji said it. dt = time change per year×no of days in an year × no of years. This will give the time change in seconds.
And the type of education at that time was far far better than at our stage. Many artifacts have been found proving that much higher level of science existed even 2 milion years ago
Hi Aarsh,
His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Shrila Prabhupada in His translation and purport to Srimad Bhagavatam (third canto, chapter 11, verse 18) says that one year of the demigods equals to 360 human years.
He is the greatest authority to me.
So I agree with you about the duration of a year of the demigods.
SB 3.11.18, Translation and Purport:
Maitreya said: O Vidura, the four millenniums are called the Satya, Tretā, Dvāpara and Kali yugas. The aggregate number of years of all of these combined is equal to twelve thousand years of the demigods.
The years of the demigods are equal to 360 years of humankind. As will be clarified in the subsequent verses, 12,000 of the demigods’ years, including the transitional periods which are called yuga-sandhyās, comprise the total of the aforementioned four millenniums. Thus, the aggregate of the above-mentioned four millenniums is 4,320,000 years.
Sincerely.
Larisa
Thanks????
Can we contact through my email as there are many more things about vedas not related to this topic such as the precision of the equinox.
Yes, you can contact me directly on [email protected]
I just think that other people will benefit when reading our discussion in comments because we are discovering the truth together.
What do the vedas talk about theory of relativity and what arsh said previously that God lives beyond space horizon.IS it that he is speaking of the event horizon in case of a blackhole where even light can’t escape.and maybe time has no usefulness there
And another thing I want to point out that 8.64 billion years is one day for brahma SO here time is relative.and we can say that whatever said by scientists today has been said in our scriptures before.PLEASE CLARIFY