Eschatology - Hinduism

Eschatology - Hinduism: Encyclopedia - Eschatology

Eschatology (from the Greek έσχατος meaning "last" + -logy) is a part of theology concerned with the final events in the history of the world or the ultimate destiny of human kind, commonly phrased as the end of the world. In many religions, the end of the world is a future event prophesied in sacred texts or folklore. More broadly, eschatology may encompass related concepts such as the Messiah or Messianic Age, the afterlife, and the soul. The Greek word αιών means "age"; some translation ...

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Eschatology - Hinduism: Encyclopedia II - Eschatology - Hinduism Hindu traditional prophecies, as described in the Puranas and several other texts, say that the world shall fall into chaos and degradation. There will then be a rapid influx of perversity, greed and conflict, and this state has been described as: "When deceit falsehood, lethargy, sleepiness, violence, despondency, grief, delusion, fear, and poverty prevail ... when men, filled with conceit, consider themselves equal with the Brahmins...that is the Kali Yuga." This is followed by the appearance of an avatar, "The Lord sh ...

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Eschatology - Hinduism: Encyclopedia - Hell

Hell is, according to many religious beliefs, a place or a state of painful suffering. The English word 'hell' comes from the Teutonic 'Hel', which originally meant "to cover" and later referred to the goddess of the Norse underworld, Helgardh. Compare Anglo-Saxon helan, Greek kalyptein and Latin celare = "to hide, to cover" (all from IE *kel). In many religions, after death, evildoers either suffer eternally or until they have paid for their bad deeds before reincarnation or redemption. In monotheis ...

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Eschatology - Hinduism: Encyclopedia - 1 E19 s and more

To help compare orders of magnitude of different times, this page lists times longer than 1019 seconds (320,000 million years) See also times of other orders of magnitude. See the article about the ultimate fate of the Universe for more discussion of these issues. Shorter times 3.3 × 1012 years – According to the traditional Vedic time of Hinduism, this is the lifetime of Brahma. 7.7 × 1015 years – half-life of cadmium-113 1.4 × 1017 year ...

Eschatology - Hinduism: Encyclopedia - Christianity and world religions

Christianity and world religions appear to share some elements. In a look at Christianity's relationship with other world religions, this article investigates the differences and similiarities of Christianity to other religions. Christianity and world religions - Relationship with Judaism. See also Comparing and contrasting Judaism and Christianity and Judeo-Christian Historically, the relationship between Judaism and Christianity has been strained, to say the least. In the past, ...

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Eschatology - Hinduism: Encyclopedia II - Heaven - Heaven in Hinduism

In Hinduism, with it's emphasis on reincarnation, the concept of Heaven is not as prominent. While heaven is temporary (until the next birth), the permanent state that Hindus aspire to is Moksha. Moksha is seen as the soul's liberation from the cycle of life and death, a re-establishment in one's own fundamental divine nature and may include union with or joining God. Entry into heaven (swarga loka) or hell (Naraka) is decided by the Lord of death Yama and his karmic accountant, Chitragupta, who records the good and bad deeds of a per ...

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