The Kalki Avatar
When the practices taught by the Vedas and the institutes of law,
Shall nearly have ceased, and the close of the Kali age shall be nigh,
A portion of that Divine Being who exists of his own spiritual nature,
In the character of Brahma, and who is the beginning and the end,
And who comprehends all things shall descend upon the earth.
He will be born as Kalki in the family of an eminent brahmin,
Of Sambhala village, endowed with the eight superhuman faculties.
By his irresistible might, He will destroy all the barbarians and thieves,
And all whose minds are devoted to iniquity.
He will then reestablish righteousness upon earth;
And the minds of those who live at the end of the Kali age, shall be awakened, and shall be as pellucid as crystal.
The men who are thus changed by virtue of that peculiar time,
Shall be as the seeds of human beings,
And shall give birth to a race who shall follow the laws of the Krita Age, the Age of Purity.
Vishnu Purana 4.24
"In Hinduism, an avatar is the incarnation, or manifestation, of a god, especially of Vishnu. The doctrine of avatars first appeared in the Bhagavad Gita; portrayals of the various avatars are found in the Puranas and other epics of India. Krishna is one of the most popular incarnations of Vishnu. Hindu legend says that Vishnu has already assumed nine avatars, with a tenth, Kalki, due to appear to usher in a golden age."
1998 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
"The Kalki-avatara is described in two varieties: one two-armed, the other four-armed. In the dasavatara slabs we find usually the two-armed variety described in the Vishudharmottara Purana as "a powerful man in angry mood, riding on horseback with a sword in his raised hand." "
Klaus K. Klostermaier, Hinduism: A Short History
(K. K. Klostermaier, Hinduism: A Short History, Oneworld Pub., 2000, p. 121)
"Kalki is the next Avatar of Vishnu. He is yet to appear and when he does He will appear, riding his white horse and wielding a shiny sword, at the end of the Kaliyuga, the dark age through which we are passing. This is considered to be the age of suffering, darkness and doom. His task will be to end the evil and restore the Dharma. Thus will begin a new cycle, again will start the Satyayuga or the age of truth and righteousness."
www.utenti.tripod.it/
"TEXT 38
Thereafter, at the end of Kali-yuga, when there exist no topics on the subject of God, even at the residences of so-called saints and respected gentlemen of the three higher castes, and when the power of government is transferred to the hands of ministers elected from the lowborn sudra class or those less than them, and when nothing is known of the techniques of sacrifice, even by word, at that time the Lord will appear as the Supreme Chastiser.
The symptoms of the worst conditions of the material world, at the last stage of this life, called Kali-yuga, are stated herein. The sum and substance of such conditions is godlessness. Even the so-called saints and higher castes of the social orders, generally known as the dvija-janas or the twice-born, will become atheists. As such, all of them will practically forget even the holy name of the Lord, and what to speak of His activities. The higher castes of society, namely the intelligent class of men guiding the law and order of the society, and the productive class of men guiding the economic development of the society, must all be properly versed in knowledge of the Supreme Lord, knowing factually His name, quality, pastimes, entourage, paraphernalia and personalities. The saints and the higher castes or orders of the society are judged by their proportion of knowledge in the science of God, or tattva-jnana, and not by any kind of birthright or bodily designations. Such designations, without any knowledge of the science of God and practical knowledge of devotional service, are considered to be decorations of the dead bodies. And when there is too much inflation of these decorated dead bodies in society, there develop so many anomalies in the progressive, peaceful life of human being. Because of the lack of training or culture in the upper section of the social orders, they are no more to be designated as the dvija-janas, or twice-born. The significance of being twice-born has been explained in many places in these great literatures, and again one is reminded herewith that birth, executed by the sex life of the father and mother, is called animal birth. But such animal birth and progress of life on the animal principles of eating, sleeping, fearing and mating (without any scientific culture of spiritual life) is called the sudra life, or, to be more explicit, the uncultured life of the lower class of men. It is stated herein that the government power of society in the Kali-yuga will be passed over to the uncultured, godless laborer classes of men, and thus the nrdevas (or the ministers of the government) will be the vrsalas, or the uncultured lower-class of society. The symptoms of such uncultured social animals are already in vogue, and it is the duty of the leaders of men to take note of it and try to reform the social order by introducing the principles of twice-born men trained in the science of God consciousness. This can be done by expanding the culture of Srimad-Bhagavatam all over the world. In the degraded condition of human society, the Lord incarnates as the Kalki avatara and kills all the demonic without mercy."
Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 2, Ch. 7 Text 38
(A.C. Bhaktivedanta, Srimad Bhagavatam, 1987, p. 422.)
"In KALKI Avatar, Lord Vishnu will incarnate himself as KALKI, the machine-man, who will come riding his white horse and with his blazing sword in his hands. This is supposed to be a future avatar of Lord Vishnu. At the end of Kali Yuga (present eon) He will punish all evil doers in this world, destroy this world supposedly and recreate a golden age again. KALKI is the last of the avatars of Lord Vishnu."
members.tripod.com/~sriniva...alki.html
"The tenth and the last avatar of Vishnu, Kalki, is yet to appear. Kalki will appear at the end of the Kalyuga. This avatar will appear seated on a white horse with a drawn sword blazing like a comet.
He shall come finally to destroy the wicked, to restart the new creation and to restore the purity of conduct in people's lives."
www.hindunet.org/avatars/kalki/
"In order to guard against the invention of unauthorized incarnations of God by the fanciful, less intelligent persons, the name of the father of the bona fide incarnation is also mentioned in the authorized revealed scriptures. No one, therefore, can be accepted as an incarnation of the Lord if his father’s name, as well as the name of the village or place in which he appears, is not mentioned by the authorized scriptures. In the Bhagavata Purana the name of the Kalki incarnation, which is to take place in almost four thousand years, is mentioned along with the name of His father and the name of the village in which He will appear. A sane man, therefore, does not accept any cheap edition of an incarnation without reference to the authorized scriptures."
Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 2, Ch. 7 Text 2
(A.C. Bhaktivedanta, Srimad Bhagavatam, BBT, 1987, p. 362.)
"(Sanskrit) A place-name of highly mystical significance. Many learned occidental Orientalists have endeavored to identify this mystical and unknown locality with some well-known modern district or town, but unsuccessfully. The name is mentioned in the Puranas and elsewhere, and it is stated that out of Sambhala will appear in due course of time the Kalki-Avatara of the future. The Kalki-Avatara is one of the manifestations or avataras of Vishnu. Among the Buddhists it is also stated that out of Sambhala will come in due course of time the Maitreya-Buddha or next buddha."
Sambala: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary on Sambhala
"In between Jesus Christ and His destroying Incarnation of Mahavishnu called as Kalki there is a time given to human beings to rectify themselves, for them to enter into the Kingdom of God, which in the Bible is called as Last Judgment."
Shri Kama-Rupini Shri Nirmala Devi
Kundalini And Kalki Shakti, Bombay, India — September 28, 1979
(Kama-Rupini (796th): She is of the form of Will, ‘Iccha-Sakti,’ to create the Universe or She is one who can assume any form at will.)
The Kings will be of churlish spirit, violent temper,
And will be ever addicted to falsehood and wickedness.
They will inflict death to women, children, and cows;
They will seize the property of subjects, be of unlimited power,
And will, for most part, rapidly rise and fall; their lives will be short,
Their desires insatiable, and they will display but little piety.
The people of various countries intermingling with them,
Will follow their various example;
And the barbarians being powerful in the patronage of princes,
Whilst purer tribes are neglected, the people will perish.
Wealth and piety will decrease day by day,
Until the world shall be wholly depraved.
Property alone will confer rank, wealth will be the only source of devotion,
Passion will be the sole bond of union between the sexes,
Falsehood will be the only means of success in litigation,
And women will be the objects merely of sensual gratification.
Earth will be venerated only for its mineral treasures;
The brahminical thread will constitute a brahmin;
External types will be the only distinction of the several orders of life,
Dishonesty will be the universal means of subsistence,
Weakness will be the cause of dependence,
Menace and presumption will be the subterfuge for learning,
Liberality will be devotion, simple ablution will be purification.
Mutual assent will be marriage, fine clothes will be dignity,
And water afar will be esteemed a holy spring . .
Thus, in the Kali Yuga shall decay flourish,
Until the human race approaches annihilation.
Vishnu Purana
"Avatar of the Golden Age
Kalki according to tradition is the tenth avatar or incarnation of Vishnu (Buddha was the ninth avatar of Vishnu).
The symbolic form of Kalki is on a white horse wielding a sword. The Name Kalki literally means "The Annihilator of Ignorance."
His Divine Mission is to close Kaliyuga, the Iron Age (one of 4 Yugas or time zones that mark the spiritual progression of mankind not the technical iron age), and usher in the Golden Age, a new period of peace prosperity and harmony.
The current age Kaliyuga also called the age of darkness and ignorance. It is the most degenerate and fallen of the ages, characterized by a hardening of the spiritual core of mankind, an almost total lack of sacredness, and extreme materialism, as humans can no longer determine what is essential for living in this fallen age and what is irrelevant. The Antaryamin, or Indweller has been put to rest in the heart of mankind. Those of you with a New Age background may think of this Antaryamin as the Higher Self.
An avatar is a being that comes to change the "truth". Edison was an avatar of science. The Beatles were avatars of music. A Celestial Avatar has a definate Divine purpose. One can see how the Christ changed the "truth" just in the first 2 words of the Lord's Prayer: "Our Father".
In the Golden Age, in a gesture of Supreme Friendship, this Antaryamin, through an externally stimulated action awakens the heart. Many have already been having such Profound Divine Mystical Experience. This experience, this personal encounter with Divinity in one form or another (Moses and the Thorn Bush is a well known example of such experience) is the one common denominator in the lives of all Saints, Sages, Mystics, and Prophets.
It is so important to the evolution of the consciousness of mankind, for it is belief (ignorance and speculation) that separates, while discovery unites. Just see for a moment the sufferings of the saints and discoverers throughout time. How the nature of belief (ignorance) is to destroy anything that will shed a light on it for what it truly is.
Kalki's Divine Mission is to close Kaliyuga, the current age of darkness and ignorance and usher in the Golden Age, a new ten thousand year cycle of peace, prosperity and harmony. He is to liberate all of mankind from suffering and to bring enlightenment to all of mankind.
This picture will be very meaningful to those of you in touch with the dawn of the Golden Age which is a shift in consciousness as well as an astrological occurrence. The advent of the Kalki Avatar is a necessary component in this phenomena.
It is also interesting to note that in Siberia, there is a culture that closely mirrors that of Tibet. There is a ceremony where a statue of a horse is pulled through the streets. It is said that when harmony returns to mankind, Buddha will return riding the horse.
The question is this: Will Buddha or the Christ return when harmony has returned to mankind? If so how can will this harmony happen? Previous interventions from the Kingdom of Heaven can be likened to putting a lump of fine gold in a glass of water. The gold remains gold, and the water remains water. The next incarnation, which is called the Sampoorna (total-meaning the incarnation of God or Supreme Consciousness on this planet) Avatar can be likened to putting a drop of yogurt in into a glass of warm milk. Soon all of the milk will be transformed into yogurt.
Man cannot transform himself. He can become highly reformed however, in his practicing of concepts such as love, kindness, honesty, etc. But true transformation is a result of Mystical Experience. You might say that transformation is a benediction.
Another look into the lives of the saints, prophets and mystics would reveal all.
We are now in the throws of a mighty spiritual awakening, unprecedented in the history of human kind. People from all walks of life are walking and talking with God in a tangible form. Their hearts have truly flowered, and for them, Heaven has met Earth. They have entered the Golden Age which is a state of consciousness as well as an astrological event.
Other would say that this is not possible. That the old calendars say that the Golden Age won't "be here" for thousands of years. Currently there is heated debate in India as some experts have claimed to have found errors in the ancient calendars. This puts the date of the Golden Age very close to the end of the Mayan calendar."
www.skyboom.com/
When the practices taught by the Vedas and the institutes of law,
Shall nearly have ceased, and the close of the Kali age shall be nigh,
A portion of that Divine Being who exists of his own spiritual nature,
In the character of Brahma, and who is the beginning and the end,
And who comprehends all things shall descend upon the earth.
He will be born as Kalki in the family of an eminent brahmin,
Of Sambhala village, endowed with the eight superhuman faculties.
By his irresistible might, He will destroy all the barbarians and thieves,
And all whose minds are devoted to iniquity.
He will then reestablish righteousness upon earth;
And the minds of those who live at the end of the Kali age, shall be awakened, and shall be as pellucid as crystal.
The men who are thus changed by virtue of that peculiar time,
Shall be as the seeds of human beings,
And shall give birth to a race who shall follow the laws of the Krita Age, the Age of Purity.
Vishnu Purana 4.24
"In Hinduism, an avatar is the incarnation, or manifestation, of a god, especially of Vishnu. The doctrine of avatars first appeared in the Bhagavad Gita; portrayals of the various avatars are found in the Puranas and other epics of India. Krishna is one of the most popular incarnations of Vishnu. Hindu legend says that Vishnu has already assumed nine avatars, with a tenth, Kalki, due to appear to usher in a golden age."
1998 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
"The Kalki-avatara is described in two varieties: one two-armed, the other four-armed. In the dasavatara slabs we find usually the two-armed variety described in the Vishudharmottara Purana as "a powerful man in angry mood, riding on horseback with a sword in his raised hand." "
Klaus K. Klostermaier, Hinduism: A Short History
(K. K. Klostermaier, Hinduism: A Short History, Oneworld Pub., 2000, p. 121)
"Kalki is the next Avatar of Vishnu. He is yet to appear and when he does He will appear, riding his white horse and wielding a shiny sword, at the end of the Kaliyuga, the dark age through which we are passing. This is considered to be the age of suffering, darkness and doom. His task will be to end the evil and restore the Dharma. Thus will begin a new cycle, again will start the Satyayuga or the age of truth and righteousness."
www.utenti.tripod.it/
"TEXT 38
Thereafter, at the end of Kali-yuga, when there exist no topics on the subject of God, even at the residences of so-called saints and respected gentlemen of the three higher castes, and when the power of government is transferred to the hands of ministers elected from the lowborn sudra class or those less than them, and when nothing is known of the techniques of sacrifice, even by word, at that time the Lord will appear as the Supreme Chastiser.
The symptoms of the worst conditions of the material world, at the last stage of this life, called Kali-yuga, are stated herein. The sum and substance of such conditions is godlessness. Even the so-called saints and higher castes of the social orders, generally known as the dvija-janas or the twice-born, will become atheists. As such, all of them will practically forget even the holy name of the Lord, and what to speak of His activities. The higher castes of society, namely the intelligent class of men guiding the law and order of the society, and the productive class of men guiding the economic development of the society, must all be properly versed in knowledge of the Supreme Lord, knowing factually His name, quality, pastimes, entourage, paraphernalia and personalities. The saints and the higher castes or orders of the society are judged by their proportion of knowledge in the science of God, or tattva-jnana, and not by any kind of birthright or bodily designations. Such designations, without any knowledge of the science of God and practical knowledge of devotional service, are considered to be decorations of the dead bodies. And when there is too much inflation of these decorated dead bodies in society, there develop so many anomalies in the progressive, peaceful life of human being. Because of the lack of training or culture in the upper section of the social orders, they are no more to be designated as the dvija-janas, or twice-born. The significance of being twice-born has been explained in many places in these great literatures, and again one is reminded herewith that birth, executed by the sex life of the father and mother, is called animal birth. But such animal birth and progress of life on the animal principles of eating, sleeping, fearing and mating (without any scientific culture of spiritual life) is called the sudra life, or, to be more explicit, the uncultured life of the lower class of men. It is stated herein that the government power of society in the Kali-yuga will be passed over to the uncultured, godless laborer classes of men, and thus the nrdevas (or the ministers of the government) will be the vrsalas, or the uncultured lower-class of society. The symptoms of such uncultured social animals are already in vogue, and it is the duty of the leaders of men to take note of it and try to reform the social order by introducing the principles of twice-born men trained in the science of God consciousness. This can be done by expanding the culture of Srimad-Bhagavatam all over the world. In the degraded condition of human society, the Lord incarnates as the Kalki avatara and kills all the demonic without mercy."
Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 2, Ch. 7 Text 38
(A.C. Bhaktivedanta, Srimad Bhagavatam, 1987, p. 422.)
"In KALKI Avatar, Lord Vishnu will incarnate himself as KALKI, the machine-man, who will come riding his white horse and with his blazing sword in his hands. This is supposed to be a future avatar of Lord Vishnu. At the end of Kali Yuga (present eon) He will punish all evil doers in this world, destroy this world supposedly and recreate a golden age again. KALKI is the last of the avatars of Lord Vishnu."
members.tripod.com/~sriniva...alki.html
"The tenth and the last avatar of Vishnu, Kalki, is yet to appear. Kalki will appear at the end of the Kalyuga. This avatar will appear seated on a white horse with a drawn sword blazing like a comet.
He shall come finally to destroy the wicked, to restart the new creation and to restore the purity of conduct in people's lives."
www.hindunet.org/avatars/kalki/
"In order to guard against the invention of unauthorized incarnations of God by the fanciful, less intelligent persons, the name of the father of the bona fide incarnation is also mentioned in the authorized revealed scriptures. No one, therefore, can be accepted as an incarnation of the Lord if his father’s name, as well as the name of the village or place in which he appears, is not mentioned by the authorized scriptures. In the Bhagavata Purana the name of the Kalki incarnation, which is to take place in almost four thousand years, is mentioned along with the name of His father and the name of the village in which He will appear. A sane man, therefore, does not accept any cheap edition of an incarnation without reference to the authorized scriptures."
Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 2, Ch. 7 Text 2
(A.C. Bhaktivedanta, Srimad Bhagavatam, BBT, 1987, p. 362.)
"(Sanskrit) A place-name of highly mystical significance. Many learned occidental Orientalists have endeavored to identify this mystical and unknown locality with some well-known modern district or town, but unsuccessfully. The name is mentioned in the Puranas and elsewhere, and it is stated that out of Sambhala will appear in due course of time the Kalki-Avatara of the future. The Kalki-Avatara is one of the manifestations or avataras of Vishnu. Among the Buddhists it is also stated that out of Sambhala will come in due course of time the Maitreya-Buddha or next buddha."
Sambala: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary on Sambhala
"In between Jesus Christ and His destroying Incarnation of Mahavishnu called as Kalki there is a time given to human beings to rectify themselves, for them to enter into the Kingdom of God, which in the Bible is called as Last Judgment."
Shri Kama-Rupini Shri Nirmala Devi
Kundalini And Kalki Shakti, Bombay, India — September 28, 1979
(Kama-Rupini (796th): She is of the form of Will, ‘Iccha-Sakti,’ to create the Universe or She is one who can assume any form at will.)
The Kings will be of churlish spirit, violent temper,
And will be ever addicted to falsehood and wickedness.
They will inflict death to women, children, and cows;
They will seize the property of subjects, be of unlimited power,
And will, for most part, rapidly rise and fall; their lives will be short,
Their desires insatiable, and they will display but little piety.
The people of various countries intermingling with them,
Will follow their various example;
And the barbarians being powerful in the patronage of princes,
Whilst purer tribes are neglected, the people will perish.
Wealth and piety will decrease day by day,
Until the world shall be wholly depraved.
Property alone will confer rank, wealth will be the only source of devotion,
Passion will be the sole bond of union between the sexes,
Falsehood will be the only means of success in litigation,
And women will be the objects merely of sensual gratification.
Earth will be venerated only for its mineral treasures;
The brahminical thread will constitute a brahmin;
External types will be the only distinction of the several orders of life,
Dishonesty will be the universal means of subsistence,
Weakness will be the cause of dependence,
Menace and presumption will be the subterfuge for learning,
Liberality will be devotion, simple ablution will be purification.
Mutual assent will be marriage, fine clothes will be dignity,
And water afar will be esteemed a holy spring . .
Thus, in the Kali Yuga shall decay flourish,
Until the human race approaches annihilation.
Vishnu Purana
"Avatar of the Golden Age
Kalki according to tradition is the tenth avatar or incarnation of Vishnu (Buddha was the ninth avatar of Vishnu).
The symbolic form of Kalki is on a white horse wielding a sword. The Name Kalki literally means "The Annihilator of Ignorance."
His Divine Mission is to close Kaliyuga, the Iron Age (one of 4 Yugas or time zones that mark the spiritual progression of mankind not the technical iron age), and usher in the Golden Age, a new period of peace prosperity and harmony.
The current age Kaliyuga also called the age of darkness and ignorance. It is the most degenerate and fallen of the ages, characterized by a hardening of the spiritual core of mankind, an almost total lack of sacredness, and extreme materialism, as humans can no longer determine what is essential for living in this fallen age and what is irrelevant. The Antaryamin, or Indweller has been put to rest in the heart of mankind. Those of you with a New Age background may think of this Antaryamin as the Higher Self.
An avatar is a being that comes to change the "truth". Edison was an avatar of science. The Beatles were avatars of music. A Celestial Avatar has a definate Divine purpose. One can see how the Christ changed the "truth" just in the first 2 words of the Lord's Prayer: "Our Father".
In the Golden Age, in a gesture of Supreme Friendship, this Antaryamin, through an externally stimulated action awakens the heart. Many have already been having such Profound Divine Mystical Experience. This experience, this personal encounter with Divinity in one form or another (Moses and the Thorn Bush is a well known example of such experience) is the one common denominator in the lives of all Saints, Sages, Mystics, and Prophets.
It is so important to the evolution of the consciousness of mankind, for it is belief (ignorance and speculation) that separates, while discovery unites. Just see for a moment the sufferings of the saints and discoverers throughout time. How the nature of belief (ignorance) is to destroy anything that will shed a light on it for what it truly is.
Kalki's Divine Mission is to close Kaliyuga, the current age of darkness and ignorance and usher in the Golden Age, a new ten thousand year cycle of peace, prosperity and harmony. He is to liberate all of mankind from suffering and to bring enlightenment to all of mankind.
This picture will be very meaningful to those of you in touch with the dawn of the Golden Age which is a shift in consciousness as well as an astrological occurrence. The advent of the Kalki Avatar is a necessary component in this phenomena.
It is also interesting to note that in Siberia, there is a culture that closely mirrors that of Tibet. There is a ceremony where a statue of a horse is pulled through the streets. It is said that when harmony returns to mankind, Buddha will return riding the horse.
The question is this: Will Buddha or the Christ return when harmony has returned to mankind? If so how can will this harmony happen? Previous interventions from the Kingdom of Heaven can be likened to putting a lump of fine gold in a glass of water. The gold remains gold, and the water remains water. The next incarnation, which is called the Sampoorna (total-meaning the incarnation of God or Supreme Consciousness on this planet) Avatar can be likened to putting a drop of yogurt in into a glass of warm milk. Soon all of the milk will be transformed into yogurt.
Man cannot transform himself. He can become highly reformed however, in his practicing of concepts such as love, kindness, honesty, etc. But true transformation is a result of Mystical Experience. You might say that transformation is a benediction.
Another look into the lives of the saints, prophets and mystics would reveal all.
We are now in the throws of a mighty spiritual awakening, unprecedented in the history of human kind. People from all walks of life are walking and talking with God in a tangible form. Their hearts have truly flowered, and for them, Heaven has met Earth. They have entered the Golden Age which is a state of consciousness as well as an astrological event.
Other would say that this is not possible. That the old calendars say that the Golden Age won't "be here" for thousands of years. Currently there is heated debate in India as some experts have claimed to have found errors in the ancient calendars. This puts the date of the Golden Age very close to the end of the Mayan calendar."
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