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What are we waiting for?

Thursday, December 31, 2009

We Hindus are not waiting for anything. Abrahamic traditions have their Messiahs, their Judgment Days, their Mahdis. Zoroastrianism has its final savior, the Saoshyant of the Frashokereti. But in Hinduism, there is no sense of finality — only the continuous cycle of birth, rebirth, and liberation.
That said, Hinduism is not devoid of saviors. The ten [...]

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Koka and Vikoka

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Out of all Hindu mythology, I find the prophecy of Kalki to be the most interesting. One reason why: According to the Puranas, at the end of this Kali Yuga, when Vishnu incarnates himself as Kalki, he will kill two demon brothers named Koka and Vikoka. 
When I originally read this, at a superficial level it bore a [...]

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