Cosmology
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- Created on: 07-11-18 21:01
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- Cosmology
- Hindu cosmology
- Hindu stories try to capture the idea of energy, which makes things come alive and act in certain ways
- Rig Veda 10.129.6-7
- Time is cyclical
- The material world is repeatedly created
- The universe is one of many bubbles floating in space
- There are three tiers of our universe - heavenly planets, earthly realm and the lower worlds
- There is not a single account of creation; instead, there are many interrelated stories
- There are two realities - spirit and matter. The atman is distinct from the material and temporary mind and body
- Hindu stories try to capture the idea of energy, which makes things come alive and act in certain ways
- The Cycle of Four Ages
- Hindus think that there are four very long ages called yugas, which continuously rotate
- Time is in a cycle of 4,320,000 years made up of: Yuga of gold, Yuga of silver, Yuga of copper and yuga of iron.
- Each age get shorter and more corrupt. In 470,000 years, the tenth avatar of Vishnu will appear
- Hindu understandingthe universe
- The universe is like clusters of bubbles floating in space created from Vishnu's breath
- Hindu understandingmatter
- The world is made up of spirit, which cannot be seen or touched, and matter, which can be seen and touched
- Some Hindus think that they exist separately and spirit must conquer matter. Others think that they are needed together.
- When an individual soul reaches enlightenment, the world no longer has any substance.
- Hindus often use the image of a coiled rope being mistaken as a snake to show how worrying about material things is a waste of time and energy.
- Matter goes through three stages: creation, maintenance and destruction. These three stages, called the trip-guna, are seen in human life as passion, goodness and ignorance
- Hindu cosmology
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