3. The Lifespan and Age of the Universe

The total lifespan of the Universe is 311 trillion and 40 Billion years. This Universe is 155.522 trillion years old and it will end in 155.518 trillion years time. This calculation is based on the life of Brahma.

There are millions of Universes with millions of Planets, with living beings. This Planet Earth is simply a drop in the ocean of Planets.

All Universes have life, are closed, of different size and properties.

The whole material creation with Millions of Universes constitutes just a quarter of srishti (creations). The other three quarters of srishti (creations) is Spiritual, called Vaikuntha.

During the lifetime of each Universe, there are partial srishti (creations) and pralaya (annihilation). At the beginning of each day of Brahma there is creation and at the end of each day there is partial annihilation. One day of Brahma is 4.32 Billion years; the night is also of the same duration. We are currently half way through the current day of Brahma, thus we have existed for approximately 2.16 Billions years in the current small cycle.

This Universe has existed for 155.522 trillion years and this is just in the current cycle of creation and annihilation. Before this cycle there were countless other cycles and after this cycle which will end in 155.518 trillion years time. There will be countless other cycles. The cycle of creation and annihilation is based on the life of Brahma, the engineer of the Universe. At the beginning of each day of Brahma, he creates everything in this Universe and then at the end of each day, there is partial annihilation Each day (12 hours) of Brahma is 4.32 billion years. Brahma lives for 311 trillion and 40 billion years, after this time there is complete annihilation of this Universe and the current Brahma dies. Then there is another Brahma and cycle repeats itself. This Universe is the smallest in Gods creation. There are other Universes, which are thousands and even millions of times bigger than this Universe.

Within each day of Brahma, there are 14 Manus. We descend from the 7th Manu. Manu is the first man created by Brahma, and his wife, the first woman is called Satarupa.

There is a vast difference between the teachings of the Vedic scriptures and non-Vedic scriptures. The Vedic scriptures are eternal and the Vedic knowledge comes from God himself. The fact that the Vedic scriptures are the oldest on the Planet proves that it’s the absolute truth.

A day of Brahma is equivalent to one Kalpa which itself consists of 14 manvantaras as mentioned below —

1. Swayambhuv,
2. Swarochis,
3. Uttam,
4. Tamas,
5. Raivat,
6. Chakshush,
7. Vaivaswat,
8. Savarnik,
9. Daksha Savarnik,
10. Brahm Savarnik,
11. Dharma Savarnik,
12. Rudra Savarnik,
13. Rudra Savarnik,
14. Indra Savarnik.

Presently the seventh manvantara — Vaivaswat is running and there are seven more manvantars to go.

Now, ONE MANVANTAR = 1000/14 DIVINE YEARS OR CHATURYUGAS= 71.42 CHATURYUGAS.

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