Far future in religion
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Discussions of the the New Earth and its existence into the far future.[3]
According to Mahayana Buddhism, an emanation of the Buddha-nature will appear in the material world in the far future.[4]
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kalpas, and each kalpa lasting 4.32 billion human years. The lifetime of Brahma, and thus the universe, is therefore predicted to last 315.36 trillion years.[5]
Mesoamerican Long Count. According to Linda Schele, these 13s represent "the starting point of a huge odometer of time", with each acting as a zero and resetting to 1 as the numbers increase.[6] Thus this inscription anticipates the current universe lasting at least 2021×13×360 days,[7] or roughly 2.687×1028 years; a time span equal to 2 quintillion times the age of the universe as determined by cosmologists. Others have suggested, however, that this date marks creation as having occurred after that time span.[7][8][9]
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References
- OCLC 1062315061.)
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- ISBN 0664223958.
- ISBN 978-9622097773.
- ^ Falk, Dan (2009). In Search of Time. National Maritime Museum. p. 82.
- OCLC 145324300.
- ^ ISBN 3-8290-4150-0.
- ISBN 978-0-87081-961-2.
- OCLC 255948700.
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