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Kalki Avatara
“According
to the Puranas, the Kalki incarnation will take place
towards the end of Kaliyuga. It is said that he will be
riding a white horse named Devaduta.
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 avathara is believed to be the last of the
avatars of Lord Vishnu.”
http://www.ssvt.org/Home/Dasavatara
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“The
god Vishnu is said to descend ten times into our world
during each cosmic cycle (mahayuga) in order to
restore the balance between good and evil. His incarnations
(avatars) vary depending on the Hindu writing that describes
them. The Mahabharata gives three lists of Vishnu's
avatars: First there are mentioned four, then six, and
finally there is a list of ten, in the form of: (1) swan,
(2) tortoise, (3) fish, (4) boar, (5) man-lion, (6) dwarf,
(7) Bhargava Rama, (8) Dasaratha Rama, (9) Krishna, and (10)
Kalki. The Garuda Purana lists 19 avatars of Vishnu,
while the Bhagavata Purana lists 22 in one place and
23 in another. Since the time of the Bhagavata Purana
the number of avatars has been uniformly recognized as ten.
Therefore we will use the following list in the present
analysis: (1) fish, (2) tortoise, (3) boar, (4) man-lion,
(5) dwarf, (6) Parasurama, (7) Rama, (8) Krishna, (9) Buddha
and (10) Kalki. The first nine have occurred already and the
last one is still to come.
The last
avatar, who is still to come, puts an end to the degenerated
earth, accomplishing the final destruction of the wicked and
preparing the way for the renewal of creation and the
resurgence of virtue in the next mahayuga.”
hhttp://www.comparativereligion.com/avatars.html
“Kalki,
as per the scriptures, is the tenth Incarnation. The name
Kalki means literally, "of iron" or "machine." It does not
imply that He is a robot made of metal, but that His birth
is in the age of iron or machines. The Vedic scriptures
describe time in a cycle of four ages or yugas: the Golden
Age, Silver Age, Copper Age and Iron Age. Our present age is
the Iron Age, therefore Kalki is the Avatar of this iron or
machine age. There are varying opinions about the time of
Kalki’s coming. Some interpretations say that it is very
near. Others say He has come already. These are not mere
opinions but commentaries by great scholars and pundits. The
Kali Yuga has been described as a time of adharma—injustice,
unrighteousness, untruth. If we accept some calculations, we
have not even reached the lowest point of this age. If that
is so, imagine what it will be at its worst!
The scriptures have described Kalki coming "as a blazing
Light" when He descends from heaven; the Second Coming of
Jesus is similarly described. There are parallel beliefs
about the coming World Prophet in various other faiths as
well. Kalki is described as coming on a white horse with
sword in hand. Though in today’s world of bombs and lasers,
a sword seems outdated, the Second Advent of Jesus is
similarly predicted to appear on a white horse carrying a
sword.”
http://www.dakotacom.net/~jforster/KalkiAvatar.htm
“After
a careful study of Indian religion, one contemporary
Christian theologian found twelve basic characteristics in
the avatar doctrines: 1) in Hindu belief the avatar is real,
a visible and fleshly descent of the divine to the
terrestrial plane; 2) the human avatars are born in various
ways but always through human parents; 3) their lives mingle
divine and human qualities; 4) the avatars finally die; 5)
there may be a historical basis for some of the Hindu
avatars Rama, Krishna, Chaitanya, Ramakrishna, for example;
6) avatars are repeated: one appears whenever there is a
catastrophic decline in righteousness; 7) one avatar differs
from another in character, temperament and worth; 8) each
comes with work to do: the restoration of harmony in human
society and universe; 9) avatars are not world-renouncing,
and constantly advocate the importance of action rather than
contemplation alone; 10) avatars for Hindus provide "special
revelation" as the self- manifestation of Godhead; 11) they
reveal a personal rather than impersonal God; 12) avatars
prove the existence of a God of grace, in Hindu eyes; as
Ramanuja insisted, a man cannot maintain his existence
without God and God cannot maintain Himself without man."
This theologian then concluded: "The Avatars of Hinduism
lead up to Christ and they are valuable preparations for
him. More easily than Jews or Greeks, Indians can understand
the coming of God in human form. Yet this very ease has
great dangers, and the casual way in which many modern
Hindus consider Christ as just another Avatar deprives him
of significance and challenge." Ramakrishna taught that the
saviors of humanity are those who see God and are so anxious
to share their happiness of divine vision that they
voluntarily undergo the troubles of rebirth in order to lead
a struggling humanity to its goal. An avatar serves as a
human messenger of God, like the viceroy of a mighty
monarch. When there is a disturbance in some distant
province, the king sends his representative to quell it;
likewise, when religion wanes in any part of the world, God
sends His avatar to guard it. In such a way Christ, Krishna,
Buddha, Chaitanya, etc. were incarnations of God, that is,
extraordinary human beings who were entrusted with a divine
commission.”
www.euro-tongil.org/swedish/english/ehindu.htm
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