15 AMAZING PREDICTIONS ABOUT KALIYUGA FROM SRIMAD
BHAGAVATAM:
In the LAST canto of the Bhagavata Purana there is a list of
predictions and prophecies about the dark times for the present age of Kali
Yuga.
The following 15 predictions, written 5,000 years ago by
sage Vedavyasa, are amazing because they appear so accurate. Despite the
negative tone of these prophecies, there is still one bright spot for all of
us, which is mentioned at the end.
Prediction 1:
Religion, truthfulness, cleanliness, tolerance, mercy,
duration of life, physical strength and memory will all diminish day by day
because of the powerful influence of the age of Kali. Source: Srimad Bhagavatam
12.2.1
Prediction 2:
In Kali Yuga, wealth alone will be considered the sign of a
man's good birth, proper behaviour and fine qualities. And law and justice will
be applied only on the basis of one's power. Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.2
Prediction 3:
Men and women will live together merely because of
superficial attraction, and success in business will depend on deceit.
Womanliness and manliness will be judged according to one's expertise in sex,
and a man will be known as a brahmana just by his wearing a thread. Source:
Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.3
Prediction 4:
A person's spiritual position will be ascertained merely
according to external symbols, and on that same basis people will change from
one spiritual order to the next. A person's propriety will be seriously
questioned if he dos not earn a good living. And one who is very clever at
juggling words will be considered a learned scholar. Source: Srimad Bhagavatam
12.2.4
Prediction 5:
A person will be judged unholy if he does not have money,
and hypocrisy will be accepted as virtue. Marriage will be arranged simply by
verbal agreement, and a person will think he is fit to appear in public if he
has merely taken a bath. Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.5
Prediction 6:
A sacred place will be taken to consist of no more than a
reservoir of water located at a distance, and beauty will be thought to depend
on one's hairstyle. Filling the belly will become the goal of life, and one who
is audacious will be accepted as truthful. He who can maintain a family will be
regarded as an expert man, and the principles of religion will be observed only
for the sake of reputation. Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.6
Prediction 7:
As the earth thus becomes crowded with a corrupt population,
whoever among any of ther social classes shows himself to be the strongest will
gain political power. Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.7
Prediction 8:
Harassed by famine and excessive taxes, people will resort
to eating leaves, roots, flesh, wild honey, fruits, flowers and seeds. Struck
by drought, they will become completely ruined. Source: Srimad Bhagavatam
12.2.9
Prediction 9:
The citizens will suffer greatly from cold, wind, heat, rain
and snow. They will be further tormented by quarrels, hunger, thirst, disease
and severe anxiety. Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.10
Prediction 10:
The maximum duration of life for human beings in Kali Yuga
will become 50 years Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.11
Prediction-11:
Men will no longer protect their elderly parents.
Prediction-12:
In Kali-yuga men will develop hatred for each other even
over a few coins. Giving up all friendly relations, they will be ready to lose
their own lives and kill even their own relatives. Source: Srimad Bhagavatam
12.3.41
Prediction 13:
Uncultured men will accept charity on behalf of the Lord and
will earn their livelihood by making a show of austerity and wearing a
mendicant's dress. Those who know nothing about religion will mount a high seat
and presume to speak on religious principles. Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.38
Prediction 14:
Servants will abandon a master who has lost his wealth, even
if that master is a saintly person of exemplary character. Masters will abandon
an incapacitated servant, even if that servant has been in the family for
generations. Cows will be abandoned or killed when they stop giving milk.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.36
Prediction 15:
Cities will be dominated by thieves, the Vedas will be
contaminated by speculative interpretations of atheists, political leaders will
virtually consume the citizens, and the so-called priests and intellectuals
will be devotees of their bellies and genitals. Source: Srimad Bhagavatam
12.3.32
Despite all of these dark prophecies, there is one good
quality in this age of Kali yuga: kaler dosha-nidhe rajann asti hy eko maha
gunah kirtanad eva krishnasya mukta-sangah param vrajet "Although
Kali-yuga is an ocean of faults, there is still one good quality about this
age: simply by chanting the names of Krishna, one can become free from material
bondage and be promoted to the transcendental kingdom." (Source: Srimad
Bhagavatam 12.3.51)
So let us take advantage of this special spiritual gift
given during the dark times of Kali yuga to quickly raise ourselves spiritually
through chanting of God's holy names.
CHANT HARE KRISHNA AND GET RELIEVED FROM THE EFFECTS OF KALI
& GO BACK TO GODHEAD.
Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare
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