 
The three major branches of Hinduism: Vaisnavism, Saivism,
and Saktism.
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."
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"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."
http://members.tripod.com/~srinivasp/mythology/kalki.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."
http://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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