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| | Llewellyn Encyclopedia: The End of Time |
 | | A belief that fire and water would destroy the manifested world was also preserved by the ancient Druids. | | | The world would be destroyed by fire and ice, the gods and giants would fight it out and the world would be reborn in a new creation. | | | Hinduism teaches of kalpa, in which a new beginning will similarly come after the destruction of the cosmos.) |
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http://www.llewellynencyclopedia.com/article/192
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| | Amazing Science |
| | This knowledge was further elaborated in the kalpa sutras, which gave more detailed instructions concerning Vedic ritual. |
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http://www.hinduism.co.za/amazing.htm
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| | Tibetan Astrology |
| | "At the beginning of the present age or kalpa, while the future universe was still immense chaos, Manjushri caused a giant golden turtle to arise from his own mind, and this turtle emerged from the waters of the primordial ocean. | | | Seeing in a dream that the universe in formation required a stable base, Manjushri pierced the flank of the turtle with a golden arrow. |
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http://buddhism.kalachakranet.org/astrology.html
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