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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
Then Mahavira described conditions which will take shape after the completion of the sixth division of the current half Time-cycle. He said, "At the end of the sixth division of the curre half-Time-cycle called Avasarpini (Descending), there will set in the first division of the half Time-cycle called Utsarpini (Ascending). The conditions prevailing in the first division of Utsarpini will be the same as those prevailing in the sixth division of Avasarpini. And the second division of Utsarpini will be similar to the fifth division of Avasarpmi. In the beginning of the second division of Utsarpini, earth will receive rains of two types called Pushkara Samvartaka which will remove heat from earth. The earth will cool down. Then the earth will receive millv rains called Kshira-megha which will generate unctuousness in things. After that, earth will receive fourth type of rains called Amruta-megha (Nectar-rains) which will produce herbs and vegetation with varied properties. Then the earth will receive the fifth type of rains called Rasamegha (Flavour-rains) which will make the earth fertile and also capable of producing fruits. grains, etc. of various flavours. All these rains of five types will descend heavily and uninterruptedly on earth."
"Conditions will be conducive to progress again. Human beings residing in hollows or caves on the banks of rivers will come out from them and will settle on plains. With the change in time, human intellect will gradually become cultured and brilliant. The human body-form will become attractive and the human life-span will increase in length. In the third division called Dushama-sushama of Utsarpini villages, towns, cities, etc. will come into existence. Tirthankaras will flourish. They will explain the importance of spiritual, religious and cultural life.
In the fourth division of Utsarpini human beings will be born as twins only : a brother and a sister. A brother and a sister born as twins will marry each other, that is, a brother will become the husband of his sister and they will die together. Human body will be very huge and human life-span will also be commensurably extremely long. Human beings will satisfy their desires with the help of wish-fulfilling trees. These trees will offer everything they desire. All things and living beings will undergo development or evolution in the right direction. Even in the fifth and sixth divisions of Utsarpini the development and evolution will go on continuously. On the completion of the sixth division there will be an end of Utsarbini. The half-Time-cycle called Avasarpini (Descending or Retrogressive) and the other half-Time-cycle called Utsarpini (Ascending or Progressive) together will make one complete Time-cycle. Time-cycle moves on ceaselessly and eternally. In the past there have been infinite Time-cycles and in future there will be infinite Time-cycles. In other words, the past has no beginning and the future has no end. Having understood rightly the essence of the religion of man, one who translates this understanding into practice and lives up to the principles of pure religion, breaks this Time cycle, rises above Time and attains eternal bliss."
Thus venerable Mahavira predicted the future, while answering his chief dis Gautamaswami's question.
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