What is Kali Yuga Anyway?????
According to Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, “Kali Yuga (lit. Age of Kali, also known as Iron Age), is one of the four stages of development that the world goes through as part of the cycle of Yugas, as described in Hindu scriptures. The other Yugas are Dwapara Yuga, Treta Yuga, and Satya Yuga. According to the Surya Siddhanta, an astronomical treatise that forms the basis of all Hindu and Buddhist calendars, Kali Yuga began at midnight (00:00) on 18 February 3102 BCE in the proleptic Julian calendar or 23 January 3102 BCE in the proleptic Gregorian calendar, which is also considered by many Hindus to be the time that Krishna left his body (In Hindu belief, avatars don't die).
Most interpretations of Hindu scriptures believe that earth is currently in Kali Yuga. However, other interpretations of the same scriptures believe that earth is now at the beginning of Dwapara Yuga. Throughout the Kali Yuga, Hindus believe that human civilization degenerates spiritually. Kali Yuga is sometimes referred to as the Dark age (Iron Age), mainly because people are the furthest possible from God.
Hindus generally consider morality to be comparable to a bull. In the Satya Yuga the bull had four legs, and in each age morality reduced by a quarter. By the age of Kali, morality will be reduced to only a quarter to that of the golden age. Thus, the bull will only have one leg. Morality will wait on men.
Kali Yuga should not be confused with the goddess Kali, as they are unrelated words in the Sanskrit language. The "kali" of Kali Yuga means "terrible," whereas the goddess "Kali" is the feminine form of "Kala," which means "time." Though, it is believed that Kali is the one that governs this age.”
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