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I've also heard a bit about the Kali Yuga time, which is the time period we're in now...
a few results from a Google search on this:
>> In the Eastern religions we are said to be in the Kali Yuga time cycle, the Age of Iron. The metals corresponding to the four Yugas, or ages, in the Hindu chronology are gold, silver, bronze, and iron. We rid ourselves of Kali at the end of the time cycle, and reach "Moksha," or Nirvana, the abode of blessed Peace and Spirit. (see Isis Unveiled, vol. 2, page 275, by H. P. Blavatsky).
>> Kali Yuga, Time of Opportunity
The Kali Yuga, the present age, is the fourth of the yugas.
The beginning of Kali Yuga traditionally dates from the death of Krishna, the eighth Avatar of Vishnu. Sathya Sai Baba has confirmed that the Kali Yuga began 20th December, 3102 BC, which was the day when Krishna attained mahasamadhi.
As predicted several millennia ago in the Bhagavata Purana, the present Dark Age of Kali is the time of increasing deterioration, disorder and decline.
But the Kali Yuga is at the same time a period of great opportunity, because it is the time in which spiritual advancement can be made most quickly.
As Sri Sathya Sai Baba tells us, the liberation itself can be easily attained in the present Age of Kali, through just Naamasmarana, remembrance of the Name of God.
Below are some extracts from Divine Discourses.
"This Kali Yuga is praised in the scriptures as incomparably conducive to the salvation of man, for he can now attain the Highest through the mere thought of God and remembering His Name. So of all the Yugas, this Yuga is described as the most holy, the most beneficient. Dhyana (meditation) was prescribed as the means of liberation for men in the Kritha Yuga, Ascetism as the means during the Tretha Yuga and ritual worship for the Dwapara Yuga. But, for people of this Yuga, the simple remedy prescribed is just Namasmarana, the constant awareness of the Name. In spite of this, it is a pity that men do not care for this path and so render their lives barren wastes."
SSS Vol XI, Chap. 28, pag. 162
"The spiritual discipline for each Age has been prescribed by the scriptures; for the Kritha (First Age), it is dhyaana (meditation); for the Thretha, the second, it is dharma (righteousness); for the Dwaapara, the third, it is archana (ritual worship) and for the present age, the Kali, it is Naamasmarana, the remembrance of the Name of God."
Divine Discourse Yugaadhi, 27 March 1971
"Though the evil is thickest in this Kali Age, the remedy is the simplest."
SSS Vol VIII, Chap. 22, pag. 132
"In the Kali Yuga, through just Namasmarana and remembrance of God we can reach the goal."
SSS Vol XI, Chap. 33, pag. 186
"It's easiest to get liberation in the Kali Yuga; it can be done through singing the glory of the Lord and listening to the Name being sung."
SSS Vol XI, Chap. 43, pag. 245
"The Kali Yuga offers more facilities for liberation than previous ones."
SSS Vol X, Chap. 53, pag. 339
"In the Kali Yuga only Namasmarana is needed to acquire liberation."
SSS Vol IV, Chap. 18, pag. 106 |
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