Bhaktisandesam / We live in Kali Yuga

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Time, Epochs & Millennia

 

 

We live in the Kali Yug — in a world infested with impurities and

vices. People possessing genial virtues are diminishing day by day.

Floods and famine, war and crime, deceit and duplicity characterize

this age. But, say the scriptures, final emancipation is possible

only in this age.

 

The Signs of Kali Yug!

Kali Yug has two phases: In the first, humans - having lost the

knowledge of the two higher selves - had knowledge of the 'breath

body' apart from the physical self. During the second phase even this

knowledge has deserted mankind, leaving us only with the awareness of

the gross physical body. This explains why we are now more

preoccupied with our physical self than anything else.

 

Due to our preoccupation with our physical bodies and our lower

selves, and because of our emphasis on the pursuit of gross

materialism, this age has been termed the 'Age of Darkness' - an age

when we have lost touch with our inner selves, an age of profound

ignorance!

 

What the Epics Say

Both the two great epics - The Ramayana & Mahabharata - have spoken

about the Kali Yug. In the Tulasi Ramayana, we find Kakbhushundi

foretelling: " In the Kali Yug, the hot-bed of sin, men and women are

all steeped in unrighteousness and act contrary to the Vedas…every

virtue had been engulfed by the sins of Kali Yug; all good books had

disappeared; impostors had promulgated a number of creeds, which they

had invented out of their own wit. The people had all fallen prey to

delusion and all pious acts had been swallowed by greed. "

 

In the Mahabharata (Santi Parva) Yudhishthir says: " …The ordinances

of the Vedas disappear gradually in every successive age…the duties

in the Kali age are entirely of another kind. It seems, therefore,

that duties have been laid down for the respective age according to

the powers of human beings in the respective ages. " The sage Vyasa

later on clarifies: " In the Kali Yug, the duties of the respective

order disappear and men become afflicted by inequity. "

 

What Happens Next?

It is predicted that at the end of the Kali Yug, Lord Shiva shall

destroy the universe and all the physical body would undergo a great

transformation. After such dissolution, Lord Brahma would recreate

the universe and mankind will become the 'Beings of Truth' once again.

 

 

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Jai Shree Krishna !