This is Kali Yuga. Or so has been said in the Puranas.
What does Kali Yuga mean? Kali Yuga means the "Age or Period of Kali" and Kali means conflict.
In this day and age we find conflict is everywhere.
In TV everyday in debates we can see the conflict and shouting.
Conflict and shouting does not mean that it has to be till one is extinguished. In the day and age, we have to learn to live with conflict and that is what Kali Yuga implies.
We are born into this day and age due to factors beyond our control.
Poeple say that we must have done some "good Karma" so that we are born as human beings.
Human beings are the numero uno species of this planet. No other plant or animal can match what human beings can do. Thus even great religious scholars will say that we must have done something good that we are born and live as humans.
But we are in Kali Yuga. And the great Swami Prabhupada who founded Iskcon has given us the Mahamantra which when chanted 108 times everyday can guide us through this "Kali Yuga" and that Mahamantra is "Hare Krushna Hare Krushna, Krushna Krushna Hare Hare. Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare".
That is the answer to Kaliyuga. It may not be the most "comprehensive answer" but it does provide some solace. You can try and feel that. There may be certain alternative solutions live visiting temples or church or praying five times a day, we don't know which is the best. But we know which is the simplest.
Certainly it is simpler to chant the Iskcon Mahamantra for 108 times in a day just like we brush the teeth everyday than praying five times a day after ablution. Or visiting Church to hear a sermon everyday. What I am saying is that we can adopt any practice we want but we need to guard against the Kali Yuga.
WWE here comes to mind. I feel the popularity of WWE is there or perhaps of any sport is there because of this Kali Yuga. People want to see the "conflict getting managed". People don't like to see the "Kali" or conflict getting out of hand. They see the duel in the comfort of their seats at home or at site. And that is what they like and that is what contributes to the popuarity whether it is through WWE or IPL.
WWE is further special because it is personal competition between two (or more in Tag teams) human beings. So a person (WWE Superstar) in human being's likeness (the viewers') is doing the duel. Now people may think that in future robots can duel and people will watch. That is less likely because as a human being we experience a lot of things, main is pain, happiness and sadness and the spirit of achieving something.
That cannot happen through a machine.
What does Kali Yuga mean? Kali Yuga means the "Age or Period of Kali" and Kali means conflict.
In this day and age we find conflict is everywhere.
In TV everyday in debates we can see the conflict and shouting.
Conflict and shouting does not mean that it has to be till one is extinguished. In the day and age, we have to learn to live with conflict and that is what Kali Yuga implies.
We are born into this day and age due to factors beyond our control.
Poeple say that we must have done some "good Karma" so that we are born as human beings.
Human beings are the numero uno species of this planet. No other plant or animal can match what human beings can do. Thus even great religious scholars will say that we must have done something good that we are born and live as humans.
But we are in Kali Yuga. And the great Swami Prabhupada who founded Iskcon has given us the Mahamantra which when chanted 108 times everyday can guide us through this "Kali Yuga" and that Mahamantra is "Hare Krushna Hare Krushna, Krushna Krushna Hare Hare. Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare".
That is the answer to Kaliyuga. It may not be the most "comprehensive answer" but it does provide some solace. You can try and feel that. There may be certain alternative solutions live visiting temples or church or praying five times a day, we don't know which is the best. But we know which is the simplest.
Certainly it is simpler to chant the Iskcon Mahamantra for 108 times in a day just like we brush the teeth everyday than praying five times a day after ablution. Or visiting Church to hear a sermon everyday. What I am saying is that we can adopt any practice we want but we need to guard against the Kali Yuga.
WWE here comes to mind. I feel the popularity of WWE is there or perhaps of any sport is there because of this Kali Yuga. People want to see the "conflict getting managed". People don't like to see the "Kali" or conflict getting out of hand. They see the duel in the comfort of their seats at home or at site. And that is what they like and that is what contributes to the popuarity whether it is through WWE or IPL.
WWE is further special because it is personal competition between two (or more in Tag teams) human beings. So a person (WWE Superstar) in human being's likeness (the viewers') is doing the duel. Now people may think that in future robots can duel and people will watch. That is less likely because as a human being we experience a lot of things, main is pain, happiness and sadness and the spirit of achieving something.
That cannot happen through a machine.
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