Talk:Yuga

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Just made an edit the main purpose of which was to move the Sri Yukteswar material into a separate section, as it is not the mainstream view and thus could be confusing to anyone wanting to research Hinduism. I actually know more about Sri Yukteswar's theories than I do about the traditional Hindu view (the material I added in the top part comes from the references I inserted, and everything below those references is from the previous writers). But I know they are not the same and feel they should not be conflated.

Am posting this here to alert any interested parties that anyone with more knowledge of Hinduism should probably chime in and expand this article. Or anyone more expert in Wikipedia might want to move the Sri Yukteswar section onto its own page. - Yarrowwood

Yarrowwood, I've edited the Sri Yukteswar section for clarity. It needs more work, in my opinion, to make its point in a more concise manner. ॐ Priyanath 00:48, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

How old is Universe in Hindu theology was wrong

I changed the length of universe before destruction, it was way off. The authentic number is here http://veda.wikidot.com/srishti-and-pralaya not the 4 million plus change years mentioned originally in the article. shiva das 02:01, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Reference to Surat Shabd

Just made an edit to remove the reference to Surat Shabd yoga. The reference to one of many minor schools is really relevant (that too right at the beginning).-MT

Yuga unit of measurement (Merging request with Maha Yuga)

The addition of the 4 Yugas sum to Maha Yuga. BalanceΩrestored ^Talk 11:51, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

See Hindu units of measurement BalanceΩrestored ^Talk 11:57, 25 August 2007 (UTC).

The merger has to be done carefully. There could be articles those could be using this Yuga as a unit of measurement, and some could be using this article as the sum of four Yugas. Only the articles those referring to the sum of the four yugas need to be pointing here (After merger Maha Yuga). The rest need to point to Yuga Unit.BalanceΩrestored ^Talk 12:35, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

List of articles pointing to Yuga Special:Whatlinkshere/Yugas, Special:Whatlinkshere/Yuga. BalanceΩrestored ^Talk 12:39, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Dwapara Yuga

I suggest that some parts of Sri Yukteswar's holy science should be transcripted, concerning his proofs that we are indeed in Dwapara Yuga. It is undeniable that the world has changed much more in the past 150 years when compared to the 2.000 years that preceed it. Historically speaking, we changed from such primitive technology to our current technology in the blink of eye. Humanity used chariots and candle light for a long long time. Now we have spaceships, electric vehicles, satelite information and electro-magnetic energy. It is obvious that a shift on humanity's consciousness and habilities has occured. Only a fool would deny that. So, although Sri Yukteswar's explanation is still seen as not being mainstream as someone stated, it is quite clear that he was the right person to point out the mistakes and show the right direction, and show why the mainstream calculations are indeed mistaken. Galilee was also not mainstream in his days, and yet he was right. We are obviously not in Kali Yuga anymore. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.189.112.21 (talk) 19:16, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Citation problem

One sentence in the article reads: The Kali Yuga lasts for Eka (one) part; the consonant K appears in the name Kali.[citation needed]. I wonder what or why one needs to cite sources to confirm that the "K" consonant appears in the word Kali?

A Wrongly Titled Article !!

This article describes the views of Shri Yukteshwar, a modern sadhu who challenged the ancient scriptures like Mahabharata, Puranas and astrological siddhantas by putting the extent of a Mahayuga (Great Age) at 12000 human, while ancients held it to be of 12000 divine years, each divine year being of 360 human (maanusa) years.

Statements from ancient texts should be stated properly, whether they are in tune with our tastes or not. Or, the article should be titled "A New Concept of Yuga Against the Traditional Concept".

-VJ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.94.45.81 (talk) 12:07, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

At Least A Wrong Title

Yeah true said... I think Shri Yukteshwar is not aware about the world he is living in currently, instead he is pretty much engaged in the understanding of Yuga. It is commonly known to us that we are currently living in Kali Yuga "The Dark Age" - when the dharma values have gone very down and nudity, evil, diseases, sufferings are at the peak; corruption is spread everywhere & lifespans become very short.

Not even a kid will say that we are in Dwapara Yuga. Lols ~

So, at least the title must be modified.

It is NOT what is Yuga in real terms of Hinduism !!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.94.106.82 (talk) 00:12, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Well, this is the common doubt raised by people when they hear that we are currently living in Dwapara Yuga.

When earth enters a higher Yuga from a lower Yuga ( as witnessed when we entered Dwapara Yuga from Kali Yuga), advancement in all the levels are seen i.e physical, mental and spiritual levels of the society in general and man in particular. While we have definitely seen physical and mental advancement in the form of better civic society, laws, infrastructure and technology, we have not seen spiritual advancement. In fact it appears that it has come down.

But I think that the spiritual awakening is also coming. We all very well know about the various theories related to 2012 which says we will see a mass scale awakening and the earth is going to enter a higher dimension or higher level of consciousness. Well, I think, if this theory is really true then the last (the most important but the most difficult) advancement, the spiritual one, that was missing is also coming and we will be truly living in Dwapara Yuga! -Utsav —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.162.103.229 (talk) 16:04, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

The consciousness of an age is reflected in mass consciousness, the aggregate of all peoples on the planet. Although debased behavior may seem to predominate, we should consider that may be because it is more visible (especially in the media) than the powerful antidotal behavior of people operating at a higher level of consciousness: those who live their lives quietly in the company of the Divine. Some believe that higher consciousness is more potent than lower consciousness on an individual to individual basis. For example, David Hawkins in Power vs. Force (Hay House, 2002), proposes that one individual operating at even a moderately high level of consciousness counterbalances the impact of 90,000 individuals of lower consciousness, one conclusion he came to after extensive research in which he developed a methodology for calibrating consciousness.

Another thing to consider when evaluating present conditions with respect to their appropriateness (or not) to Dwapara Yuga is, according to Sri Yukteswar, the Kali Yuga from which we've just emerged has been the "Kali of Kalis": the "lowest" in the larger universal cycle which encompasses the equinoctial cycles. So what we see of the remnants of Kali remaining would be especially pernicious. Citizen Peter (talk) 02:41, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

Yugas + Precession

I'm not editing anything i'm just here to question the bias of "most recent and popular theory", are these not somehow weasle words? Logic would seem to dictate that the yuga cycle is tied into the precessional somehow, so just as it is a little foolish to believe in a virgin birth over a birth to a virtuous woman by ignoring an obvious mistranslation, I humbly believe it's stupid to throw Occham's razor out of the window because some crank thinks one year actually means three and a half centuries. Just sayin'.

ZRL —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.29.38.171 (talk) 15:41, 18 May 2011 (UTC)