Okazaki Castle
03-07-2007, 09:52 AM
I find the myth cycle of the Kalki Avatar quite interesting. It is held to be prophecy in Hinduism, far as I can find out:
Although described elaborately in the Brahmanda-purana, the Bhagavatam describes Lord Kalki's pastimes briefly:
.... At the end of Kali-yuga, when there exist no topics on the subject of God, even at the residences of so-called saints and respectable gentlemen of the three higher castes, and when the power of governement is transferred to the hands of ministers elected from the low-born sudra class or those less than them, and when nothing is known about the techniques of sacrifice, even by word, at that time the Lord will appear as the supreme chastiser.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cf/Kalki.jpg/200px-Kalki.jpg
Lord Vishnu--the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the spiritual master of all moving and nonmoving living beings, and the Supreme Soul of all--takes birth to protect the principles of religion and to relieve His saintly devotees from the reactions of material work. Lord Kalki will appear in the home of the most eminent brahmana of the Sambhala village, the great soul Visnuyasa.
Thereafter, at the conjunction of the two yugas, the Lord of creation will take His birth as the Kalki incarnation and become the con of Visnu Yasa. At this time the rulers of the earth will have degenerated into plunderers.
Lord Kalki, the Lord of the universe, will mount His swift horse Devadatta and, sword in hand, travel over the earth exhibiting His eight mystic opulences and eight special qualities of Godhead. Displaying His unequaled effulgence and riding with great speed, He will kill by the millions those thieves who have dared dress as kings.
After all the imposter kings have been killed, the residents of the cities andtowns will feel the breezes carrying the most sacred fragrance of the sandalwood paste and oher decorations of Lord Vasudeva, and their minds will thereby become transcendentally pure. When Lord Vasudeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appears in their hearts in His transcendental form of goodneess, the remaining citizens will abundantly repopulate the earth. When the Supreme Lord has appeared on earth as Kalki, the maintainer of religion, Saya-yuga will begin, and human society will bring forth progeny in the mode of goodness.
When the moon, the sun and Brhaspati are together in the constellation Karkata, and all three enter simulatenously into the lunar mansion Pusya--at that exact moment the age of Satya, or Krta, will begin.
(translation from BBT Srimad Bhagavatam 1987)
There are many points of interest to this Avatar, and his myth cycle, but I would like to refrain from commenting on them for the time being till I see what general reactions there are to this thread, be that in words or energetically. For now I just put it out there somewhat ambiguously. I am also interested in anyone who can pinpoint that date using Vedic Astrology, a form of astrology I have never personally studied too much, nor have the software for or incline to working out the details by hand.
The Kalki Avatar is held to be Lord of Time. Obviously, I then look at that from the perspective of questions of Dominion, in practice, over Time. In terms of how Time works, its effects and how to control them: who has done so best, whether this is best done from within this system, above it or below it, by mechanical means, technological means, Spiritual means or Occult-Esoteric means, or a combination of those or some other factors as yet unrealized. A minor interest, which I view as being for my personal amusement, is the meanings of the symbolisms of his horse, Devadatta. That's an aside strictly speaking, but relevant to this topic I think, being part of the myth/prophecy cycle.
Regards all,
Oazaki.
Although described elaborately in the Brahmanda-purana, the Bhagavatam describes Lord Kalki's pastimes briefly:
.... At the end of Kali-yuga, when there exist no topics on the subject of God, even at the residences of so-called saints and respectable gentlemen of the three higher castes, and when the power of governement is transferred to the hands of ministers elected from the low-born sudra class or those less than them, and when nothing is known about the techniques of sacrifice, even by word, at that time the Lord will appear as the supreme chastiser.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cf/Kalki.jpg/200px-Kalki.jpg
Lord Vishnu--the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the spiritual master of all moving and nonmoving living beings, and the Supreme Soul of all--takes birth to protect the principles of religion and to relieve His saintly devotees from the reactions of material work. Lord Kalki will appear in the home of the most eminent brahmana of the Sambhala village, the great soul Visnuyasa.
Thereafter, at the conjunction of the two yugas, the Lord of creation will take His birth as the Kalki incarnation and become the con of Visnu Yasa. At this time the rulers of the earth will have degenerated into plunderers.
Lord Kalki, the Lord of the universe, will mount His swift horse Devadatta and, sword in hand, travel over the earth exhibiting His eight mystic opulences and eight special qualities of Godhead. Displaying His unequaled effulgence and riding with great speed, He will kill by the millions those thieves who have dared dress as kings.
After all the imposter kings have been killed, the residents of the cities andtowns will feel the breezes carrying the most sacred fragrance of the sandalwood paste and oher decorations of Lord Vasudeva, and their minds will thereby become transcendentally pure. When Lord Vasudeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appears in their hearts in His transcendental form of goodneess, the remaining citizens will abundantly repopulate the earth. When the Supreme Lord has appeared on earth as Kalki, the maintainer of religion, Saya-yuga will begin, and human society will bring forth progeny in the mode of goodness.
When the moon, the sun and Brhaspati are together in the constellation Karkata, and all three enter simulatenously into the lunar mansion Pusya--at that exact moment the age of Satya, or Krta, will begin.
(translation from BBT Srimad Bhagavatam 1987)
There are many points of interest to this Avatar, and his myth cycle, but I would like to refrain from commenting on them for the time being till I see what general reactions there are to this thread, be that in words or energetically. For now I just put it out there somewhat ambiguously. I am also interested in anyone who can pinpoint that date using Vedic Astrology, a form of astrology I have never personally studied too much, nor have the software for or incline to working out the details by hand.
The Kalki Avatar is held to be Lord of Time. Obviously, I then look at that from the perspective of questions of Dominion, in practice, over Time. In terms of how Time works, its effects and how to control them: who has done so best, whether this is best done from within this system, above it or below it, by mechanical means, technological means, Spiritual means or Occult-Esoteric means, or a combination of those or some other factors as yet unrealized. A minor interest, which I view as being for my personal amusement, is the meanings of the symbolisms of his horse, Devadatta. That's an aside strictly speaking, but relevant to this topic I think, being part of the myth/prophecy cycle.
Regards all,
Oazaki.