“Kshatriya, or the man who is qualified to protect the sufferers, is meant to rule the state. Untrained, lower class men or men without ambition to protect the sufferers cannot be placed on the seat as an administrator. Unfortunately in the age of Kali the lower class men without training occupy the post of a ruler by strength of popular votes and instead of protecting the sufferers, such men create a situation quite intolerable for everyone. Such rulers illegally gratify themselves at the cost of all comforts of the citizens, and thus the chaste mother earth cries to see the pitiable condition of her sons, both men and animals.” GovernmentWarriorKingHinduRulerHare KrishnaKali Yuga Author:A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
“The Hindu concept of time is very different from Western ideas. In Hindu thought, the world has no beginning and no end, but only experiences endless repetitive cycles of time in four yugas (aeons or ages): Satya Yuga, the age of truth, Treta Yuga, Dvapara Yuga and Kali Yuga (the age of destruction and untruth, the one in which we are all living now). Each Kali Yuga ends with a great flood (pralaya) that destroys the world, only to start afresh with a new Satya Yuga. Some Hindus argue that Vaishnavites and Shaivites differ in their perception of time; after all, Vishnu is reincarnated in various avatars, while Shiva simply ‘is’. Vaishnavites, in this reading, are constantly changing through time, while Shaivites are focused on the annihilation of the self. Though the distinction is interesting, both sets of Hindus relate to time very differently from followers of other faiths.” TimeHinduismHinduKali Yuga Author:Sashi Tharoor
“We're at the end of the cycle. You've all known it since childhood. In the Hindu division of the ages, this is the Kali Yuga, the dark age. At the end of a cycle, Vishnu takes incarnation as a person. Vishnu is that aspect of God that preserves and protects life. When Vishnu leaves, Shiva comes.” PersonsEndsAgeHumanityDarkKnownChildhoodBuddhismProtectAspectPreservesCyclesDivisionIncarnationDark AgesShivaKaliVishnuKali Yuga Author:Frederick Lenz
“This is the fourth age, the Kali Yuga, and it's a time of great darkness. At the end of this age, there's supposed to be a cosmic dissolution and then life begins anew. It's a wonderful cycle of rebirth.” EndsAgeDarknessWonderfulBuddhismSupposed To BeCyclesCosmicFourthRebirthDissolutionKaliKali Yuga Author:Frederick Lenz
“Kali yuga is so much saturated with vicious habits that there is a great fight at the slightest of misunderstanding.” FightingHabitViciousMisunderstandingSaturatedKaliKali Yuga Author:Radhanath Swami
“In Kali yuga, whole atmosphere is surcharged with faithlessness, Material sense gratification is standard of civilization.” WholeMaterialsCivilizationStandardsAtmosphereGratificationKaliKali Yuga Author:Radhanath Swami
“In Kali yuga, duration of life is shortened not so much because insufficient food but because of irregular habits.” Life IsHabitLife Is ShortDurationInsufficientKaliKali Yuga Author:Radhanath Swami
“According to Hindu cosmology, we're in the kali yuga, a dark period when the cow of history is balanced precariously on one leg, soon to topple. Then there are our new-age friends who believe that this December we're in for a global cage-rattling which, once the dust has settled, will usher in a great spiritual awakening. Most of this apocalyptic noise appears to be just wishful thinking on the part of people who find life too messy and uncertain for comfort, let alone for serenity and mirth.” PeopleThinkingBelieveAgeSpiritualDarkPeriodsComfortLegsAwakeningNoiseDustCowsBalancedSerenityUncertainCagesNew AgeMessySpiritual AwakeningDecemberCosmologyWishful ThinkingApocalypticMirthGreat SpiritualKaliKali Yuga Author:Tom Robbins
“It is the nature of the Kali Yuga that most human beings are now held back from spiritual liberation due to the gravity of inertia, apathy and laziness, (known in Sankrit as the quality of tapas) that overwhelms this age. Despite this seemingly gloomy prognosis, there is a way out of this predicament for those with the will and stamina to awaken from the rampant lethargy, within and outside of themselves, to take action.” WayHumansAgeActionSpiritualHuman BeingsQualityKnownDuesDespiteLiberationApathyGravityLazinessGloomyInertiaStaminaPredicamentsLethargyKaliPrognosisTapasKali Yuga Author:Zeena Schreck