The Hindu timescale says the duration on earth
is divided into 4 Yugas; Satya, Treta, Dvapara & Kali. Satya yuga lasts for
17,28,000 human years, Treta Yuga is less by 25% than that at 12,96,000 years,
Dvapara Yuga less by 50% or 8,64,000 years & Kali Yuga is less by 75% and
lasts for for 4.32.000 years.
These 4 Yugas together comprise of 43,20,000
human years and are called the Mahayuga.
One Kalpa or day of Brahma is equal to 1000
Mahayugas which equals to 432 crore human years which is strangely close to the
age of the Earth as determined by scientists.
A full 24 hour cycle of Brahma comprising of
one day and one night equals 864 crore years.
Brahmas lifespan is 100 years which is equal to
864*365*100 or 3,15,36,000 crore years. This is a stupendous figure because the
age of the Universe itself is 1380 crore years. That means, the assumed age of
Brahma is some 22800 times greater than the age of the Universe.
One completely fails to understand how the
Vedic people managed to get these figures, the timescale is far far greater
than any other religion on earth can even remotely imagine. Why should they
think of such huge figures which are in no way related to their daily lives?
That does not make any sense to me. Is it that
modern Hindu interpreters of the Vedas deliberately arrived at this huge
figure? I would like to study those verses myself, and till that time I cannot
even believe those numbers because no other religion on Earth assumes such stupendously
massive figures for ages or the longevity of the Earth in their religious
works.
Buddha started Buddhism which is more of an
ethical philosophy than religion because it never talked about god and only
talked about spiritual enlightenment. In fact Buddhism is a reaction to the
idolatry of Hinduism. Surprisingly Buddha was later incorporated into Hinduism
as the 9th avatar of Vishnu. Today is Buddha is worshipped as a God
in Mahayana Buddhism which is totally against what Buddha taught.
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