Time And The Universe Flashcards
1
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Yuga
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Period of time
2
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First yuga
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Golden yuga Lasts 1.7 million years A time of truth and perfection No evil or corruption Humans were happy virtuous and good
3
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Second yuga
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Silver yuga
Lasts 1.2 million years
Human qualities like truth and goodness begin to diminish
Wars start to break out
Weather and environment starts to become extreme
4
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Third yuga
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Copper yuga
Lasts 800,000 years
Humans are disconnected from one another
Always fighting and focusing on themselves , very greedy
Earth becomes disharmonious , famine and droughts
5
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Fourth yuga
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The iron yuga Lasts 400,000 years The age of ignorance Humans are completely self interested Lacking virtue and goodness Earth reaching breaking point with natural disasters and war is everywhere
6
Q
The end of time
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Kalki the tenth avatar of Vishnu will appear. Kalki with the help of shiva will destroy everything and then the birth of another cycle of time will begin
