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Encyclopedia > Hindu eschatology

Contemporary Hindu eschatology is linked in the Vaishnavite tradition to the figure of Kalki, or the tenth and last avatar of Vishnu before the age draws to a close, and Shiva simultaneously dissolves and regenerates the universe. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The ten avatars of Lord Vishnu, copyright BBT In Hindu philosophy, an avatar, avatara or avatarim (Sanskrit: , IAST: ), most commonly refers to the incarnation (bodily manifestation) of a higher being (deva), or the Supreme Being (God) onto planet Earth. ... Vishnu (IAST , Devanagari , with honorific Shri Vishnu; , ), is a form of God, in Hinduism. ... Shiva (Sanskrit: शिव; Hindi: शिव (when used to distinguish lordly status), and written Śiva in the official IAST transliteration, pronounced as ) is a form of Ishvara or God in the later Vedic scriptures of Hinduism. ...


Most Hindus acknowledge as part of their cosmology that we are living in the Kali Yuga literally "age of darkness", the last of four periods (Yuga) that make up the current age. Each period has seen a successive degeneration in the moral order and character of human beings, to the point that in the Kali Yuga, the very laws of Karma are reversed, evil is ascendant in high places, and good people suffer in misery. Often, the invocation of Kaliyuga denotes a certain helplessness in the face of the horrors and suffering of the human condition and a nostalgia for a golden past or a future salvation. Religious cosmologies are ways of explaining the history and evolution of the universe based, at least in part, on the acceptance of principles that cannot be justified by accepted scientific arguments (those are otherwise generally considered via physical cosmology). ... Kali Yuga is also the title of a book by Roland Charles Wagner. ... yugas (Devnāgari: युग) In Hindu philosophy the cycle of evolution of life is divided into four yugs (epochs or eras): Satya Yuga or Krita Yuga Treta Yuga Dvapara Yuga Kali Yuga // The spiritual states of civilization in each yuga In Hindu tradition, the world goes through a continuous cycle of... Karma (Sanskrit: from the root , to do, [meaning deed] meaning action, effect, destiny) means (the result of) action, generally taken as a term that comprises the entire cycle of cause and effect. ...


However, Hindu conceptions of time, like those found in other non-Western traditions, is cyclical in that one age may end but another will always begin. As such, the cycle of birth, growth, decay, death, and renewal at the individual level finds its echo in the cosmic order of all things, yet affected by the vagaries of the comings and goings of divine interventions in the Vaishnavite belief.


BKWSU

The length of Kalpa is said to be different by various groups from 5,000 years according the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University to 4,320 million years in the terms of orthodox Hindus. The BKWSU, teachers of a new form meditation confusingly also called Raja Yoga, is unique amongst Hindu cults in believing in a 5th age called the Confluence Age which corelates to the Christian concept of "End Times", a time of both destruction of the world and revellation of God. According the the BKWSU, humanity entered the End Times in approximately 1936 and the world will end in approximately 2036. Although there was a failed prediction of the end of the world in 1976. // The Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University, also known as ; the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual Organisation the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual Organization Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya or the BKWSU. Teachers of a form of meditation, involving spirit channeling, also called Raja Yoga but not to be confused with classical... The Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual Organisation, also known as the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual Organization, Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University (BKWSU), or Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya. Teachers of a form of meditation, or spirit channeling, called Raja Yoga [not to be confused with classical Patanjalis Raja Yoga... Raja Yoga or Ashtanga Yoga is one of the four major Yogic paths of Hinduism, the others being Karma yoga, Jnana yoga and Bhakti yoga. ... // The End Times are a time of tribulation that will precede the coming of a Messiah figure in many world religions. ... The Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual Organisation, also known as the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual Organization, Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University (BKWSU), or Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya. Teachers of a form of meditation, or spirit channeling, called Raja Yoga [not to be confused with classical Patanjalis Raja Yoga... The end of the world may refer to: Science, religion and the humanities: end of planet Earth ultimate fate of the universe, in cosmology eschatology and end times, the end of the world in religious prophecy and mythology end of civilization, the destruction of civilization or humanity end of the...


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Eschatology (215 words)
In Zoroastrianism, Christianity and in Norse pagan theology, eschatology refers to a theology concerning the end of the world, as predicted in in the prophecies of these faiths, and as recorded in their sacred texts.
Eschatology also refers to the study of general afterlife concepts of other religions, especially the western monotheistic[?] faiths.
Science does not have an eschatology as such, but the study of cosmology does deal with theories about the possible origins and the ultimate fate of the Universe.
Eschatology - Crystalinks (3823 words)
Eschatology (from the Greeks meaning "last" + -logy) is a part of theology (End Times) and philosophy concerned with the final events in the history of the world or the ultimate destiny of human kind, commonly phrased as the end of the world.
Contemporary Hindu eschatology is linked in the Vaishnavite tradition to the figure of Kalki, or the tenth and last avatar of Vishnu before the age draws to a close, and Shiva simultaneously dissolves and regenerates the universe.
Eschatology is one of the three main principles of Islam, alongside tawhid (the unity of Allah) and nubuuwa (prophecy).
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