The Traits of Humans in Different Yugas and the Rebirth Cycle of Time

Introduction: What is the Yuga Cycle?

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The Yuga Cycle is a cycle of four ages that are described in the Indian scriptures. It's an ancient Vedic concept that was first mentioned in the Hindu scripture, Rig Veda. The four yugas are Satya Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dvapara Yuga and Kali Yuga.

The Satya Yuga is the first age and it lasts for 1,728,000 years. The Treta Yuga lasts for 1,296,000 years. The Dvapara Yuga lasts for 864,000 years and the Kali yuga lasts for 432,000 years

What are the Different Yugas and their Characteristics?

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The Hindu tradition has a cyclical understanding of time. The four yugas, or ages, are the Satya-yuga, Treta-yuga, Dvapara-yuga and Kali-yuga. Satya Yuga is the first and the most significant of the four yugas in Hinduism. It was a period of perfection without any want or sorrow. The duration of this age is 1,728,000 years with 360 days for a year. .This is the age of truth, righteousness and harmony without any imperfections. This is the age when man was perfect and life was fixed at one hundred years. In this age there was no hunger or thirst, no old-age or disease and death did not exist; people had eternal youth. There were four Vedas which are weapons to fight against gods, demons and other powers of evil. The Maitri Upanishad is a Hindu scripture attributed to the sage Maitreyi, and considered among the principal Upanishad scriptures in Hinduism.

It is one of the foundational Aitareya Upanishads, which are regarded as a part of the Principal Upanishads. It's one of three early Aitareya Upanishads, the other two being the Aitareya Aranyaka and the Kena Upanishad After Kali-yuga there is Satya-Yuga followed by Treta-yuga and Dvapara-yuga.

Kali Yuga is an age of strife, conflict and disorder where desires are strong and so is the urge to gratify them. In this Upanishad, an ancient sage begins a discourse with his disciple on the nature of time. The sage says that everything in this universe exists within time and is born, dies and reborn continuously.

Time has three phases: Prana, which is the essence of life; Vayu, which creates motion; and is the source of all energy; and Samana, which is the time that consists of growth and development. Yama's Navel The "Yama's Navel" Upanishad describes how a series of questions on God and immortality leads to an acharya (sage) telling his disciple about the yoni or female genitalia as a symbol of the body.

He continues by describing the five vital organs and how they are covered with a film like layer that is only removed through practice of yoga. The Upanishad explains that at death, this film is peeled off and we pass into a different world. Here, "the gods take care of him" so that he can be reborn; eventually he will be reborn as a human again.I found this passage in the Upanishad very interesting because it really does seem to indicate that the person can be reborn as what they imagined, even if they were an animal or another creature. I think this is fascinating because people typically believe that once you've died, you're gone and there's nothing left for you but come back.

The Reincarnation Process in Hinduism

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The Reincarnation Process in Hinduism is a process where the soul or ātman (soul) is reborn into another body after death. The cycle of reincarnation is called samsāra. It is a part of the post mortem cycle.

The Hindus believe that when the human being dies, he/she will be judged by Yama, Lord of Death and if he/she has led a virtuous life then they will be rewarded with Moksha, which means salvation and release from the cycle of life and death.