In Hindu philosophy the cycle of evolution of life is divided into four yugas (epochs or eras): Satya Yuga or Krita Yuga Treta Yuga Dwapara Yuga Kali Yuga Yuga - The spiritual states of civilization in each yuga. In Hindu tradition, the world goes through a continuous cycle of these epochs. Each ascending phase of the cycle from Kali Yuga to Satya Yuga is followed by a descending phase back to Kali Yuga, then another ascending phase and so on. Alt ...

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• Yuga - Sri Yukteswar's teachings on the yugas
• Yuga - Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet's teachings on the yugas
• Yuga - Yugas in Ayyavazhi
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In Hindu tradition, the world goes through a continuous cycle of these epochs. Each ascending phase of the cycle from Kali Yuga to Satya Yuga is followed by a descending phase back to Kali Yuga, then another ascending phase and so on. Alternatively, it is sometimes supposed that at the end of the descending Kali Yuga, the world will return to the Satya Yuga, and begin a new decline. The descent from Satya to Kali is associated with progressively deterioration of Dharma (righteousness) manifested as decrease in length of human life and quality of human moral standards. ...

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Yuga, Yuga - The spiritual states of civilization in each yuga, Yuga - References, Yuga - Sri Yukteswar's teachings on the yugas, Yuga - Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet's teachings on the yugas, Yuga - Yugas in Ayyavazhi, Yuga - References

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Unlike Hinduism, Ayyavazhi asserts eight yugas and of them, three are prior to the four yugas of Hinduism. Also the Dharma Yukam in Ayyavazhi similar to Satya Yuga is the final Yuga.The eight yugas in Ayyavazhi are, Neetiya Yukam Chathura Yukam Netu Yukam Kretha Yukam Thretha Yukam Dwapara Yukam Kali Yukam Dharma Yukam Yuga - References. The Holy Science, Swami Sri Yukteswar. Published by Self-Realization Fel ...

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Yuga, Yuga - The spiritual states of civilization in each yuga, Yuga - References, Yuga - Sri Yukteswar's teachings on the yugas, Yuga - Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet's teachings on the yugas, Yuga - Yugas in Ayyavazhi, Yuga - References

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According to Vedic Cosmologist Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet, the numbers given for the yuga are to be understood as seconds of degrees of arc of precessional movement (procession of the equinoxes). Therefore, in her seeing of the yugas the Kali Yuga equals 432,000 seconds of arc, which equals 120 degrees of the 360 degrees of the 25,920 year procession (120*x 60'x 60 seconds of arc = 432,000"). Nore ...

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Yuga, Yuga - The spiritual states of civilization in each yuga, Yuga - References, Yuga - Sri Yukteswar's teachings on the yugas, Yuga - Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet's teachings on the yugas, Yuga - Yugas in Ayyavazhi, Yuga - References

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An alternative view of the yuga cycle and timescale was taught by the 19th-century Indian yogi Swami Sri Yukteswar. After his chief disciple Paramahansa Yogananda came to America in 1920 and founded Self-Realization Fellowship to teach his guru's meditation technique Kriya Yoga, Sri Yukteswar's teachings on the yuga cycle, presented in his 1894 book The Holy Science, also became more widely known. According to Sri Yukteswar, the descending phase of Satya Yuga lasts 4800 years. That of Treta Yuga lasts 3600 years. That of Dwapar ...

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Yuga, Yuga - The spiritual states of civilization in each yuga, Yuga - References, Yuga - Sri Yukteswar's teachings on the yugas, Yuga - Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet's teachings on the yugas, Yuga - Yugas in Ayyavazhi, Yuga - References

Read more here: » Yuga: Encyclopedia II - Yuga - Sri Yukteswar's teachings on the yugas