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What exactly happens at end of Kali Yuga. Will the world be destroyed?
No, the world won't actually get destroyed at the end of the Kali Yuga. Rather, what's going to occur is that when the evil and decadence of the Kali Yuga reaches its zenith, Vishnu will have an ...
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What exactly happens at end of Kali Yuga. Will the world be destroyed?
The Yuga Time Period
Kritha Yuga 17,28,000 human years
Tretha Yuga 12,96,000 human years
Dwapara Yuga 8,64,000 human years
Kali Yuga 4,32,000 human years
(As on today we are approximately over 5000 ...
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What exactly happens at end of Kali Yuga. Will the world be destroyed?
We are currently in the age of Ascending Dwapara Yuga and not in Kali Yuga. This astonishing revelation was made by Sri Yukteswar Giri(Guru of Paramahansa Yogananda) in his book "The Holy Science" ...
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From where does the water come at the end of Kalpa?
Water comes from Samvartaka clouds. Samvartaka clouds are formed by Samvartaka fire which burns everything and evaporates all water in 3 worlds including some nether regions.
The process of Naimittika ...
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How many Manus have been there?
First of all, let's go over the relevant timescales. (See my answers here and here for more details.). The four Yugas together make up one Mahayuga. 1000 Mahayugas make up one Kalpa, which is one ...
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When does universe merge back into the Supreme Brahman?
It actually depends on what do you mean by "Universe". We should note that after day of Brahma, three worlds are merged into Supreme Brahman and after life span of Brahma, whole Brahmanda ...
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What is the story of Pushkaravarta clouds that cause Pralaya?
Definition - Pushkaravarta — (from Pushkara, i.e. water, and vrita, to have place in, i.e., a watery cloud) a name for the flood clouds of the world-destroying deluge.
Vayu Purana Chapter 51 Verse -...
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Will Lord Surya Die?
The Vedas mention Sun or Lord Surya as the inner soul of everything. So, needless to say there is no question of that eternal Sun (mentioned in Vedas) ever dying.
Surya AtmA jagatah tasthushah cha.
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Pralaya at end of every Yuga cycle
There are 4 types of Pralaya:
Nitya - people born and die everyday
Naimittika - after 1 kalpa (daytime) of Brahma (1000 chatur-yugas), 3 worlds, including earth are destroyed (whether 'destroyed' ...
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What exactly happens at end of Kali Yuga. Will the world be destroyed?
Yudhisthira had the same question to Markandeya. Rishi Markandeya then explained what will happen.
This is how humans will behave.
And when the end of the Yuga comes, crops will not grow in abundance....
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What happens to jivas and heavenly bodies during pralaya?
First, science does not say that atoms, matter, is indestructible. There wouldn't be any atomic bombs if it were.
There is a general answer and a detailed answer as to what does scripture say. ...
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What happens to the soul that attains Moksha during the pralaya?
This is a very interesting question for me, since I never thought about moksha in this direction.
Types of moksha
The way I understand moksha, or liberation from the cycle of death, is that one ...
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What exactly happens at end of Kali Yuga. Will the world be destroyed?
There's for sure death and decay at the end of Kaliyuga- which is full of faults, passions, miseries and confusions. This Tamoguna, Rajas once vanished, Sattva gunas can attain peaks giving rise to ...
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