Can We Please Get Over the End of the Mayan Calendar?

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57. Yugas ... the Hindu Option

... and they aren't too worried about it. Also, Jesus said he was coming soon back around 2,000 years ago. Lots of other reasons to party, however.

"Hinduism perceives time to flow in great cycles called yugas. There are four yugas and depending upon the yuga the duration varies. The four yugas along with their duration in earthly years are:


The Yuga Cycle

Satya Yuga 1,728,000
Treta Yuga 1,296,000
Dvapara Yuga 864,000
Kali Yuga 432,000 *** we are here with about 427,000 years to go, more or less.

Total 4,320,000 One yuga cycle.

It is said that we are now living within the Kali yuga, which started about 5000 years ago. Each of these yugas is said to have a certain quality of life. Kali yuga is the worst of times because it is the time of quarrel and deceit. The level of morality and spirituality is greatly decreased and the maximum span of life one can expect is only 100 years. In the previous yuga, Dvapara Yuga, life is said to have been much better. "


http://www.sanskrit.org/www/Hindu%20Primer/yugatime.html