Dvapara Yuga

April 2017 Theory of the Four Yugas Lasting four million three hundred twenty thousand years, are four ages known as Yugas. The ancients understood time as a circle, not linear.  Each age has distinct themes and spiritual lessons. According to the Hinduism scriptures, all mortal beings are destined to pass through four great epochs in every cycle of creation and destruction. The world has already been through the first three and is currently passing through the fourth Yuga. It is believed that the world

However humans have now entered a Dva Yuga according to Hindu myths or a Bronze age. In Dva Yuga the beginning or ailments come into play, humans not have to live with disease and misfortune. Everyone experiences death they all now face nature at a full force, they slowly being more materialistic and care less about

Cosmic Creation Myths across Cultures Paper Selena Siegmund University of Phoenix Hum/105 Cosmic Creation Myths across Cultures Creation is the “act of producing or the cause to exist” (Dictionary, 2012, pg.1). How the world is created is the big mystery that surrounds the minds of science. Cultures around the world each have interpretations on how the world was created. Creation myths show what represents the sky, earth, and underworld. These myths tell whether the creators where male or

Earth, leaving behind Odosha to rule the Earth and its people. Along with the Hindu myth, it tells the story of the Earth and its endless cycle of life and death. There are four time periods of the Earth’s cycle (Maha Yuga) in which the world changes: Krita Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dvapara

Hinduism or Sanatana Dharma(“Eternal spiritual path”): Hinduism began around 4000 years ago with an ancient people known as the Aryans or “noble people” in India. The Aryan’s philosophies, religion, and customs are documented as sacred passages known as the Vedas. The fundamental teachings of Hinduism, which form the foundation of all its different sects, are contained in the concluding portion of the Vedas, and are therefore known as the Vedanta (the "end or concluding portion of the Vedas"). This

Unlike many modern day religions, there are no clear origins of Hinduism. Hinduism is a fusion of various Indian cultures and traditions that over time molded into a religion. Its main roots, however, are in the Indus Valley civilization which was located in what is today known as northwest India and eastern Pakistan between 2500 and 1500 B.C.E, along with the Aryan culture and religion which existed between 1500 and 500 B.C.E. This dates back almost 4,000 years, which makes it one of the oldest

Objective of my summer project is to compare and contrast the personality and life of our two greatest women of epics Goddess Sita and Draupadi. I would like to draw attention towards that how different they were yet they were similar. One daughter was wanted and other was unwanted for the father,Draupadi just erupted from fire her father just wanted a son. One erupted from fire full grown, Draupadi a woman who hasn’t experienced childhood. She had to suffer because of her husbands. Goddess

Objective of my summer project is to compare and contrast the personality and life of our two greatest women of epics Goddess Sita and Draupadi. I would like to draw attention towards that how different they were yet they were similar. One daughter was wanted and other was unwanted for the father,Draupadi just erupted from fire her father just wanted a son. One erupted from fire full grown, Draupadi a woman who hasn’t experienced childhood. She had to suffer because of her husbands. Goddess

Description Lord Krishna is one of the most popular Gods in Hinduism. Krishna is considered the supreme deity, worshipped across many traditions of Hinduism in a variety of different perspectives. Krishna is recognized as the eighth incarnation (avatar) of Lord Vishnu, and one and the same as Lord Vishnu, one of the trimurti and as the supreme god in his own right. Krishna is the principal protagonist with Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita also known as the Song of God, which depicts the conversation between