Mahavira and his Teaching

SR No.: 008019
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: C C Shah, Rishabhdas Ranka, Dalsukh Malvania
Publisher: Bhagwan Mahavir 2500th Nirvan Mahotsava Samiti
Publication Year: 1977
Total Pages: 509
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Biography, Religion, & Principle
File Size: 12 MB

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HINDU AND JAINA CONCEPTS OF MAHAPRALAYA
Einstein in modern times. Sun is losing heat by radiation and its temperature is constant. It means that it is losing weight. It has been estimated that its mass is being reduced by 46,000 tons per second and therefore it will disappear after a few billion years. The total mass of the sun is 2 × 1027 tons. When universe becomes devoid of solar energy all life on earth will disappear and it will be a sort of Pralaya.
In recent years another interesting discovery has been made. It is well-known that magnetic North Pole does not coincide with the geographical North Pole. There is an angle between them. Now it has been found that the magnetic poles of the Earth are slowly rotating and a time will come when the North Pole will go into the position of the South Pole and vice versa. In between there will be a period of 100 to 200 years when the Earth will have no magnetism at all because when we go from a negative quantity to a positive quantity, zero comes inbetween.
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The Earth's magnetic field acts like an umbrella for the showers of destructive cosmic rays which are coming profusely from inter-stellar space. The Earth's magnetic field deflects them to one side and it is only in very small numbers that they are able to reach us. The rotation of the poles has a period of about 75,000 years and the last reversal took place some 70,000 years back. After three or four thousand years, it is likely to Occur again. At the time of zero magnetic field, all the cosmic rayshowers fall upon the Earth with full destructive force and the latter is completely scorched to death. This is Mahapralaya. At the time of reversal of the poles, there are very great genetic mutations with the result that the creatures born are either too small in size or too large i.e. either the Liliputians are born or brobdingnagians.
On 30 June, 1908, there was an unusual explosion in Siberia in the Soviet Union. The explosion may be compared to a 30 magaton hydrogen bomb explosion i.e. equal to 1500 Hiroshima atomic bombs exploding together. American scientists
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