Brahma's Life Span In Context

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Hare Krishna

 

This is somewhat interesting:

 

"Those who have researched the Vedic scriptures in depth can calculate the

lifetime of Brahmä. Human beings count 365 days in their year, and the cycle of

four yugas comprises approximately 4,320,000 such years. A thousand cycles of

four yugas make up one day-time (twelve hours) of Lord Brahmä’s life. In this

way his month and year can be calculated, and Brahmä lives for a hundred years

of his time. But despite this vast life span—311 trillion 40 billion human

years—Lord Brahmä is a mortal being, and this universe created by him is also

perishable. Thus it is not strange that human beings, who are also his

creation, should perish. As human beings seem immortal to a tiny insect, so

Lord Brahmä and the demigods seem immortal to us. In fact, however, no material

body of any form is ever eternal."

(extract from 'The Science of Devotion')

 

Puts our lives on Earth into context - a mere second, in this context.

 

Thanks

 

Janak

 

 

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