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- 2 days ago27 min
10,000 years? Prophecies of the Golden Age
⤴️ There is a narration of the article in my voice. You have the option to hear it instead of reading. You can receive new articles directly in your inbox. Subscription is free; donations are welcome.Prabhupāda described on a number of occasions the possibility of a golden age of 10,000 years in which humanity would continue to progress spiritually, up to the point that life would become like in Satya-yuga. When directly asked by Allen Ginsberg where such a golden age is mentioned in the Vedas, Śrila Prabhupada answered that it is mentioned in the Puranas.Some expect to find some special book, or at least a few complete chapters describing all details of the expected golden age, but that’s not how the sastras work. Most topics in the Vedas are presented indirectly or merged into other information in the same verses. That’s why the only reliable way to understand the scriptures is through the explanations of self-realized souls. Without such guidance, one will miss even the most basic points, such as the fact that God is not impersonal or that bhakti is the highest path. We can just see how most philosophers study the Upanisads without even realizing that Kṛṣṇa is the source of the impersonal Brahmajoti, for example. One who studies the scriptures under the assumption that God does not have a form, for example, will interpret the verses under this optic, and thus conclude that it is indeed true.According to Prabhupada, this Golden Age is connected with the spread of the chanting of the mahā-mantra. As more people adopt the process, the world will gradually change. According to him, it will be divided into an ascending period, where people will gradually adopt the process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, a peak, and then a descending period of decline, culminating in the remaining years of Kali-yuga.This change was indirectly predicted five centuries ago by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who predicted that His name would be chanted in all towns and villages of the world. Before Śrila Prabhupada came to the West, this seemed something impossible, some kind of poetic exaggeration, but after he was able to establish his movement, it started sounding like a credible idea.When Śrila Bhaktivinoda Thakura prophesied that, “When will that day come when the fair-skinned foreigners will come to Sri Mayapur-dhama and join with the Bengali Vaiṣnavas to chant, Jaya Sacinandana, Jaya Sacinandana. When will that day be?” it seemed very far-fetched, but nowadays that’s a common view in Mayapur.In the Caitanya Caritamrta, we have a glimpse of how the process of spreading Krsna consciousness works:“On this earth there are many living entities,” the Lord said, “some moving and some not moving. What will happen to the trees, plants, insects and other living entities? How will they be delivered from material bondage? Haridasa Thakura replied, “My dear Lord, the deliverance of all moving and nonmoving living entities takes place only by Your mercy. You have already granted this mercy and delivered them. You have loudly chanted the Hare Krsna mantra, and everyone, moving or not moving, has benefited by hearing it. My Lord, the moving entities who have heard Your loud sankirtana have already been delivered from bondage to the material world, and after the nonmoving living entities like trees hear it, there is an echo. Actually, however, it is not an echo: it is the kirtana of the nonmoving living entities. All this, although inconceivable, is possible by Your mercy”. (CC Antya 3.68-71)Although most may not immediately become pure devotees by just hearing the chanting, the effect of it accumulates as sukriti, and the result appears in the next lives. Gradually, people become closer until they eventually join Mahaprabhu’s movement and also help to spread it to others. In this way, devotional service can grow exponentially, just like an airborne virus.Śrila Bhaktivinoda Thakura made several predictions about the spreading of the sankirtana movement. In his article “Nityadharma Suryodoy”, published in 1885 in the Sajjana-Tosani magazine, he wrote:“Very soon the unparalleled path of hari-nama sankirtana will be propagated all over the world. Oh, for that day when the fortunate English, French, Russian, German, and American people will take up banners, mridangas, and karatalas and raise kirtana through their streets and towns! When will that day come?”In a later article, published in 1895, he wrote:“Sriman Mahaprabhu did not descend with His associates to deliver a certain number of human beings in the land of India, but rather His purpose was to deliver and uplift all living beings in all countries of the world by practicing the eternal religion of all souls”.In his book Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu: His Life and Precepts, he made another similar prophecy:“The principle of kirtana, as
- 3 days ago54 min
The lower planetary systems (5th Canto #35)
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- 1 weeks ago1h 4m
Śiśumāra, the divine dolphin (5th Canto #34)
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- 2 weeks ago1h 1m
Dhruvaloka, the universal pivot (5th Canto #33)
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- Aug 23, 20261h 7m
The annual orbit of the sun facing the constellations (5th Canto #31)
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- Aug 8, 202655 min
Distances, time dilatation and other mysterious features of the Vedic universe (5th Canto #30)
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- Jul 25, 20261h 3m
The orbit of the sun, lokāloka, and how the Vedic universe challenges our understanding (5th Canto #28)
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- Jul 18, 202653 min
The other islands that form Bhū-Mandala (5th Canto #27)
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