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General Buddhism => General Buddhism => Topic started by: DS Star on November 04, 2012, 03:37:05 PM
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Will the world really ended in 46 days as predicted by the Mayan Calender?
Will the Earth really be hit by Planet X or Nibiru on December 21, 2012, thus ending the entire world?
http://youtu.be/bSkJFpVvssU (http://youtu.be/bSkJFpVvssU)
http://youtu.be/DrGDgX06oHk (http://youtu.be/DrGDgX06oHk)
http://youtu.be/J2hmrAK6BLU (http://youtu.be/J2hmrAK6BLU)
If the world really ends on this December 21, are you prepare to face it?
What would you be doing on the D-day?
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According to Mayan Prophecy and from what little i have read, it was never said that the world would end on 21 Dec 2012. All it said was it's the end of an old era and the beginning of a new era. Now, what would this new era be? Yet to be told. Yet to be seen. yet to be experienced. Think about it, how many times have people made predictions about the world ending on certain dates and how many times were they all wrong? I think Nostradamus predicted that too. I can't remember the date but we are all still here, degenerating day by day. So please watch out for false prophecies.
For those interested in finding out more about the real story behind the 2012 Mayan Prophecy, check out the link below. It’s from Guatemala and written by an expert on Mayan cosmovision. It’s really interesting and contradicts
http://www.spanishxela.com/2012-prophesy.html (http://www.spanishxela.com/2012-prophesy.html)
Whatever it is, live your life as it was your last day. Benefit others, be kind to all beings so that there will be no regrets when the day for you finally arrives.
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False. If planet Nibiru is going to hit the Earth in 46 days, astronomers should have detected it by now. This prediction is over enthusiastic and morbid. It is full of contradictions. I am not doubting the Mayan calendar and it has advance mathematics built in and is amazing coming from the Mayans who was an established civilization from the 3rd to 16th AD.
What I am doubting is the interpretation of the calendar. It ends on the 21st Dec, 2012. My guess is that the end is a start or renewal of a cycle in the calendar. The end.
Better still, if the world is ending and some of us will die before that date (sorry), then why not ask ourselves what we should be doing now? What can we do in this optimum human rebirth that will benefit us most. The answer, to benefit others ie boddhicitta and wisdom.
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The laws of Buddhism and Quantum Physics are intertwined in nature. Quantum Physics explains that we can only see what we believe exists to be observable. We realized that many issues of 2012 predictions are largely nature interventions and beyond our understanding simply because we have not gain perspective on the action that seeded this reaction. However, we dwell not into each calamity of 2012 predictions but rather the root cause that created this Karma in the manifestation of such. To increase our awareness, we need to go through learning curves, but one that is in line with nature.
Self-actualization is a painful transformation process, in that it contradicts with our present beliefs that uphold social, political and cultural differences. But the fact that we were once unified with other particles embodied in the same space of emptiness before the creation of universe, it transpire the essence of oneness in human and nature relationships. The true passage to realign with nature is then by living a life with unified belief, which likely explains the “alignment” and “enlightenment” in The Mayan 2012 predictions.
Buddhism is a teaching of Law of Nature and not superstition by any means. Hence, the grasp of its comprehension is the key to understanding the voice of inner-self which eventually explains the pains and sufferings we feel when we are clouded by tribulations as such delivered in 2012 predictions.
Every being in actuality has a pure heart in the form of Soul, the inner-self. But as we react to worldly temptations and sometimes unequal treatments from another, we flaw our personality over the course of lifetime. Our happiness becomes entangled with worldly possession that drives many to greed and ignorance, thus creating unnecessary sufferings through Karma cycle.
As imperfect a human as we may be, ceasing the Karma may be something far-fetched for a start. However, we can try accomplishing the fractions of the Noble Eightfold Path that will eventually transcend to complete enlightenment.
RIGHT VIEW – Know that we come to this world with nothing and thus material possessions are temporal. By understanding that wealth BUT NOT health is disposable, we dispel the fear of loss shall catastrophic events in 2012 predictions take place.
RIGHT THOUGHT – Know that all possibilities embodied in 2012 predictions are the cause and effects resulted from human-nature interactions. We should therefore improve our Karma by discarding selfishness, greed, hatred and uncompassionate intentions from future decisions.
RIGHT SPEECH – Deliver not the twisted facts about 2012 predictions that discourage the society. Instead, convey the correct ideology to look for inner conscience which will guide us to be more harmonious with nature.
RIGHT CONDUCT – By building our personality upon the virtue of honesty, kindness and compassion, we will then be able to embrace the less enlightened ones with love and support that will help to spread the ambience of positive energy on Earth.
RIGHT LIVELIHOOD – Live not in the misconception of spending the remaining time and money on destructive activities as a show cause of surrendering to unavoidable calamity of 2012 predictions. We can change the course through faith and right purpose in life.
RIGHT EFFORT – Treat others as to how you want them to treat you. Love comes back to those who spread love and Earth changes reflect the level of consciousness and responsibilities we give when utilizing global resources.
RIGHT MINDFULNESS – We should always be aware of own thoughts, deeds and speech. If we think 2012 predictions is the platform for character rebuilding, our succeeding actions will plant positive seeds for positive reactions and vice versa.
RIGHT CONCENTRATION – Always try to achieve major goals through accomplishment of its milestones. When our goals are harmonic with inner conscience, our mind will achieve eternal peace and abstain from tempting and self-destructive venture.
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This is so not true. To me, the end of the world means my death. I don't understand why people worry so much about the end of the world. What can you do except live your life as it is and do the best you can now. What is the point moping and sitting around worrying about something that might or might not happen. Just go ahead and do everything to your best abilities. Heck, the end of the world may be tomorrow or in the next 5 mins. Those predictions were done many years ago and we don't even know the truth of its source. My best way to live is to live as if there is no tomorrow.
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Whether it is the end of the world on 21 December,2012, we should live life with no regrets. How? We should live everyday as though it is our last days. This is definitely easier said then done. But we have to try. As Buddha's teaching goes, everything is changing, nothing is fixed. We are carried by waves of our karma hence we would not know when is the time for us to leave this life.
Create good karma and avoid bad ones, purify our negative karma as much as we could. I hope I am ready to move on when my time is due, whether it is 21 Dec, 2012 or not.
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The world comes to an end when I take my last breath. It is the end of my life, this life.
If this prediction were true, how come everyone else is so calm about it? Should we not be doing something to save the world? But how could we? We are at times short of being able to help our own selves.
Scientists have assured us that the Mayan Long Count Calendar marks the end of a period.
So 22 December 2012 will be a new period.
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12 years ago, many people talked about the "Year 2000 problem" and claimed that it will cause huge problem around the world and some even claimed the end of the world... Now, 12 years on, and all claim about the it is the end of the world again...
Since HH Dalai Lama is Buddha of compassion, and since He has clairvoyance, if He knows it is the end of the world, He would have hinted all of us to drop all the samsaric things we do and focus all on practices :D
However, I do believe that if we don't take care of our home Earth, we will have problem very soon....
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I am not sure about this Mayan Prophecy on 21December 2012. Men are very fascinated with the end of the World predictions but many of the previous predictions made had not materialized though.
However this does not mean the World will not come to an end. Our Planet Earth is subject to so much abuse and damage arising from pollution, war, modern development etc. Yes, the end of the World can be sooner than we think. Nuclear wars or meltdown of nuclear plants as in Japan recently and 1986 Chernobyl Accident can cause the end of the World in seconds! Scientists have observed the universe and said every moment our planet is in constant collision with particles as small as dust or as big as asteroid in space. When a giant asteroid appears and in the path of collision, that could mean the end of our World! As long as the causes and conditions that created and sustain our World had changed, we will experience the end of the World. It is not the doomsday that Buddhists are concerned with. Buddhists are more concerned with what we do knowing that death can happen any moment.
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Remember the Y2K scare? It came and went without much of a whimper because of adequate planning and analysis of the situation. Impressive movie special effects aside, Dec. 21, 2012, won't be the end of the world as we know. It will, however, be another winter solstice.
Much like Y2K, 2012 has been analyzed and the science of the end of the Earth thoroughly studied. Contrary to some of the common beliefs out there, the science behind the end of the world quickly unravels when pinned down to the 2012 timeline. Below, NASA Scientists answer several questions that we're frequently asked regarding 2012.
Question (Q): Are there any threats to the Earth in 2012? Many Internet websites say the world will end in December 2012.
Answer (A): Nothing bad will happen to the Earth in 2012. Our planet has been getting along just fine for more than 4 billion years, and credible scientists worldwide know of no threat associated with 2012.
Q: What is the origin of the prediction that the world will end in 2012?
A: The story started with claims that Nibiru, a supposed planet discovered by the Sumerians, is headed toward Earth. This catastrophe was initially predicted for May 2003, but when nothing happened the doomsday date was moved forward to December 2012. Then these two fables were linked to the end of one of the cycles in the ancient Mayan calendar at the winter solstice in 2012 -- hence the predicted doomsday date of December 21, 2012.
Q: Does the Mayan calendar end in December 2012?
A: Just as the calendar you have on your kitchen wall does not cease to exist after December 31, the Mayan calendar does not cease to exist on December 21, 2012. This date is the end of the Mayan long-count period but then -- just as your calendar begins again on January 1 -- another long-count period begins for the Mayan calendar.
Q: Could phenomena occur where planets align in a way that impacts Earth?
A: There are no planetary alignments in the next few decades, Earth will not cross the galactic plane in 2012, and even if these alignments were to occur, their effects on the Earth would be negligible. Each December the Earth and sun align with the approximate center of the Milky Way Galaxy but that is an annual event of no consequence.
Q: Is there a danger from giant solar storms predicted for 2012?
A: Solar activity has a regular cycle, with peaks approximately every 11 years. Near these activity peaks, solar flares can cause some interruption of satellite communications, although engineers are learning how to build electronics that are protected against most solar storms. But there is no special risk associated with 2012. The next solar maximum will occur in the 2012-2014 time frame and is predicted to be an average solar cycle, no different than previous cycles throughout history.
Facts taken by NASA website
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That's too many predictions in regards of the end of the world. The Romans, Nostradamus, Professors, Orthodox Judaism, Scientist and the list continue. I am not too sure why are some people are being so paranoid, even it is true the world is ending as the Mayan has predicted, what can one do? As i am writing this and thinking at the same time, i will continue to tell myself to be more kind and practice selflessness by helping others instead of worrying when would the world will end. Isn't this better, instead of spending most of your time worrying for something that we won't be able to control. As it is our world is degenerating, and we all are responsible of this.
Just for your information, the below link is the list of who has predicted the end of the world besides the Mayan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dates_predicted_for_apocalyptic_events (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dates_predicted_for_apocalyptic_events)
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No matter how many predictions there are to be or have, does it matters? Whether you are a scientist or astrologer or not, with these predictions, what can we do about it to turn it around?..Can we? How else are we going to live our life? Are we going to just wait and sit around to see the world pass by? Do we have have the opportunity nor the chance to see it, if they are true? Well, am not going to sit around nor am I happy to see the world ends. Well, we may not have the opportunity to see it through to say the least. We, can die any minute from now. What is more important is what can I achieve and learn to protect and improve my future lives (body, speech and mind) before I die. Nothing else matters. My world ends when I die.
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It does not matter whether the world will ‘end’ on Dec 21, 2012. I personally do not believe it because if it was going to end, my guru would have told me and since he has not, I believe the world will still be around on the 22nd and for quite awhile yet.
Just for hypothesis though – if the world was going to end on the Dec 21, what would we all do from now until then? Firstly, as a Buddhist, I would believe that even if the world as we know it does end then, we will merely continue on our cycle of rebirth in samsara. It is said that there are three thousand worlds and if the world ends, we can take rebirth on any of the 2999 worlds left! So if we continue in samsara, what do we do in the next month or so? Do we waste our lives doing trivial things?
IF the world was going to end for sure, do you think people would go to their meaningless jobs? Those who are not spiritual would most probably go and spend their time with their loved ones. Everything would be crazy though – because people would immediately stop working – therefore, our food supply chain would be halted. Why? Do you think people would continue to work in the grocery stores if the world was ending? They would want to spend time with their loved ones too. Same for the people who are working in the petrol stations etc. Who needs a paycheck if the world is going to blow up? The world will be in total chaos.
Interesting isn’t it.
Personally speaking, if I knew the earth was going to end, which meant I was going to die, I would go to see my Guru and ask his advice what to do next. After all, he is the only one I know who can help me transition to my next life. So whether or not the world is going to end, I will die one day, therefore I am taking my Guru’s advice already so that I can at least place my bets for my next life...and hopefully a better one.
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What's next? If you're a believer in karma your mind will go to next life in another planet. If you're a non-believer would you even belief a prediction? Even if you believe in it do you keep worrying? Does it say something about you not doing important things in life? In other words you have live your life meaninglessly? Are you worry about if you're reborn in the same planet assuming it got hit by something and all the places are burnt to the ground you will find it hard living on this broken planet? Why would you even belief in that? Wouldn't it be better everyone pick themselves up and make a few changes to make this planet a better place to live in?
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It doesn't really matter if it's the end of the world or not. Earth is merely one of the billions of planets in existence out there in the universe. The world ends here, our karma will bring us to another existence some where out there... if not the other realms.
So the question if the world truly is going to end is really not all that important, but what will you do with your remaining time if it were true. Generally, people would be nicer, more tolerant.... a better person, trying to make up for all the unpleasant things they have done or have caused some unpleasant things towards some other people. Now, with that mental picture in mind... apply that and live it.
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For me i don't think that the world will be end on this day, if so many of high lamas in buddhism will mention about it and other higher practitioners in other religions will do something about it too.
Actually by right we are have our last day in this world which each of us are have different days. My grand father's world had end a few years ago. But the world for me and people around me still not end but it can be end any time, any second and any moment like Buddha teaching about impermanent.
We should be focus more on what we have done before our world end are we ready for that day when it come..
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Well, no point going back and forth trying to identify whether the world would end or not. So what if it ends? So what if we die, it'll be sooner or later anyways. Maybe even before 21 Dec 2012, your world will end. what matters most is what you do everyday to make sure that when it does end, you can close your eyes and rest in peace,knowing you lived your life to the best that you can to ensure that your bardo and transition into the next realm will be alright. So, live each day as if it is going to end, and when the time really comes, you will be prepared.
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The end of the world is when you die.
That is the true end of the world.
"2012", Pompei, Tsunami, Hiroshima...
We see these events as "exterior" catastrophes affecting the lifes of many, "killling" many; but they are not "exterior" events. There is no "exterior" events. They are caused by the same dynamic that make us die of a heart attack, or that makes us survive a plane crash.
Everything comes from us.
What is the difference between dying in a "2012" kind of scenario or in a car crash or even die peacefully due to old age? There is no difference at all.
In any case it is the armageddon, it is the end of the world, it is the apocalypse, it is "judgment day", it is the end!
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I don't believe it at all, the world won't be ending so soon. End of the world will be the end of the entire universe. Some might think your world ends when you die but in actual fact, it doesn't. It is brought forward to the next life by taking rebirth either to the three higher or lower realms in Buddhism. So your/our world continues from there. Even if the world means only earth, we would be taking rebirth in another universe or solar system. So it doesn't matter here whether it is really going to end come 2012 or 20012, we took countless rebirths remember?
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...So the question if the world truly is going to end is really not all that important, but what will you do with your remaining time if it were true. Generally, people would be nicer, more tolerant.... a better person, trying to make up for all the unpleasant things they have done or have caused some unpleasant things towards some other people. Now, with that mental picture in mind... apply that and live it.
Unfortunately, through out human history, on facing death, not everyone will react the way like you have described i.e. people would be nicer, more tolerant... in fact they had became worse... and even turned violent...
For example, the Japanese armies have committed the worst crimes during World War II because they didn't plan to go back alive thus they "hold nothing back" at torturing their victims including women and children...
And in recent years, we witnessed the chaos and the state of anarchy after the hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005...
http://youtu.be/hYCrMNEdweY (http://youtu.be/hYCrMNEdweY)
http://youtu.be/Gy0zP4pYkSo (http://youtu.be/Gy0zP4pYkSo)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_Hurricane_Katrina_in_New_Orleans#Civil_disturbances (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_Hurricane_Katrina_in_New_Orleans#Civil_disturbances)
Then again, the same nation that caused so much sufferings and pains during the WW2 is praised for being 'civilized' in their response in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami.
(http://media.washtimes.com/media/community/image/2011/03/14/japan-quake-survivors_t268.jpg?7f6c82c4e3ebc52dbf2e980dcc8631719b6d5f11)
http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/stimulus/2011/mar/14/where-are-japanese-looters/ (http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/stimulus/2011/mar/14/where-are-japanese-looters/)
I guess each nation and each individual will have different responses when facing imminent death...
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I guess each nation and each individual will have different responses when facing imminent death...
The thieves who took advantage of the aftermath of the hurricane Katrina that hit New Orleans in 2005 only thought of satisfying their immediate desire of getting the things they had wanted. The thieves obviously did not believe in future lives and Karma. They would rather break the law to steal than missing the opportunity available! Similarly, the Japanese armies who had committed the worst crimes during World War II for torturing the women and children.
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It is amazing how so much hype is put on the end of the world as one sees it. Each of us have precisely this "date" hanging over our heads... that very time will come... it is just a question of when! So why should "knowing" a certain make it any different? We should all live as though we will breath our last breath. We should focus out and start thinking about others and not our own fragile lives.
Our delusions are so strong that we feel we are predisposed to live forever when we are clearly not. We live like we will live forever when clearly we will not. We indulge in negative actions like we have time to rectify or purify it at a later date when clearly we cannot know for sure. So why do we still do this and why we are so caught up with a sensationalized "date" that will end us all. In fact for most of us, we do not even fret as it is just another "date". If we do not believe in our frailty of our mortality, how can a so call prediction even cause a dent in our delusional psyche?
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Humans has been trying to predict its own demise since time immemorial. The end of the world has been predicted many times but old mother Earth keeps plodding along and we are all still here. The world may end tomorrow, it may be a year from now, or it may be a millennium away, nobody is certain. The world may end but there are still other planets of existence. For me, the end of the world is when I die and I do not take rebirth back to mother Earth.
In the mean time, while we are still alive, we should make use of it in the most meaningful way and take every day as it would be our last day.
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I don't recall anything close to a doomsday prediction from the Buddha or any great master as far as I have read. However, there is a prediction carried within the Kalachakra Tantric Tradition that there would be a war waged between the outside world and the enlightened society of Shambala. Shambala is a hidden kingdom with its king as the main Guru and lineage-holder of the Kalachakra practice.
In the near future, our world will come into contact with their world and due to the state of spiritual degeneration of our world, the king of Shambala with its mighty army will wage war with ours and will win. The victor will establish a glorious revival of spiritual renaissance before the complete disappearance of real Buddhist practice completely.
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So, it is confirmed the world didn't end after all...
Nevertheless, the prediction hype had created quite a stir around the world...
"... Chaos, however, did ensue in some parts of the world ahead of “Armageddon” particularly in China, where authorities arrested over 1000 doomsday cult members.
In Serbia, a pyramid-shaped mountain, an alleged hotspot for electromagnetic waves, attracted a record number of visitors for its “power” to protect people from the catastrophe.
On the social media front, the hashtag #EndOfTheWorldConfessions blew up on Twitter, prompting a series of hilarious one-liner tweets from around the world..."
http://youtu.be/d_PKBgBFYNg (http://youtu.be/d_PKBgBFYNg)
NASA's report:
"At 11:12 UT (6:12 a.m. EST), the world didn't end (as far as I can tell), but it was a significant time none-the-less. That was the exact minute of the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere (or the Summer Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere) -- when the daylight hours are shortest and the sun reaches its most southern position in the sky at noon. This is all due to the Earth's tilt relative to the sun (read more on the Earth's axial tilt and how it affects the seasons)."
This is the day Chinese around the world celebrating the "Winter Solstice Festival" or The Dong Zhi (??).
(https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ0po6eobogyMxkLpssLNurx1jjMwNWQiI8oxhJ8YxZXIIZ1Jn4)(http://[url=https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQdQNRe0wA544aa-NZAefFqQUVuH8g7uUnjP41LB8coInAi_eUD]https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQdQNRe0wA544aa-NZAefFqQUVuH8g7uUnjP41LB8coInAi_eUD[/url]) (https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSS1kdwpnkOXB6aWYti1Ym5FhUUaHYN5ff3GiRe21GBXWGDluKOEg)
Here is the link for more information on this festival:
http://chineseculture.about.com/library/weekly/aa122200a.htm (http://chineseculture.about.com/library/weekly/aa122200a.htm)
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The L.A.Times reported:
A fight at an “end of the world” house party in San Bernardino on Friday night may have led to the slaying of a man later in the evening, authorities said.
Felipe Jason Moreno, 20, of San Bernardino was shot dead and his 22-year-old cousin wounded after attending the party, according to the San Bernardino Police Department. The incident was reported shortly before midnight.
As many as 100 people were at the party when a fight broke out and a man was stabbed. He survived.
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So you and I did not perish; which is why we are both reading this post. A lot of hype was created and it got everyone talking.
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DS Star, looks like the world did not end. Today is 23 Dec 2012. Rejoice. We have been given more time to study and also to do more good work. I like the idea that we should live everyday like it is the last day of our life. After all, death is certain, so lets not waste our time and this precious human life. Very glad the world did not end and lets not waste anytime doing mundane things. :D
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So far, the world has not ended. It will not end anytime soon. A new mayan calendar has been unearthed.
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Newly discovered wall writings found in Guatemala show the famed Maya culture's obsession with cycles of time. But they also show calendars that go well beyond 2012, the year when the vanished civilization, according to popular culture, expected the end of the world.
"So much for the supposed end of the world," says archaeologist William Saturno of Boston University, lead author of a study in the journal Science, which reported the discovery on Thursday.
Discovered in the ruins of Xultun (SHOOL-toon) , the astronomical calendar was unearthed from a filled-in scribe's room. While about 7 million Maya people still live in Central America today, the "Classic" Maya civilization of pyramid temples had collapsed there by about 900 A.D., leaving only a few birch-bark books dating to perhaps the 14th century as records of their astronomy, until now.
"The numbers we found indicate an obsession with time and cycles of time, some of them very large," Saturno says. "Maya scribes most likely transcribed the numbers on the wall in this room into (books) just like the ones later seen by conquistadors."
Explorers first reported the site of Xultun, once a large Maya center, in 1915. But it was only two years ago that National Geographic Society-funded archaeologists noted a small residential room partly exposed by looters. The room's walls proved to hold murals and small, delicate hieroglyphs inscribed in rows between paintings of scribes and rulers that not only corresponded to a 260 day ceremonial calendar and 365-day year, but the 584-day sky track of Venus and 780-day one of Mars.
Examination of the rows shows they are columns of numbers and symbols similar to lunar eclipse calculations found in early 16th century Maya writings that tied astronomical events to rituals. Some of them include dates corresponding to a time after the year 3500.
"A fascinating discovery and a first in Maya archaeology," says Maya anthropologist Victoria Bricker of Tulane University in New Orleans. She notes its conclusive linkage of the later books to the Classic Maya calendar carved in stone dating back to before 300 A.D. The room's wall calculations likely served as a blackboard for scribes, in a society where festivals, rituals and farming were tied to astronomical observations.
"Seeing the actual writing on the wall certainly gives us a little insight into history," says Maya writing expert Simon Martin, co-curator of the "Maya 2012: Lords of Time" exhibition now ongoing at Philadelphia's Penn Museum. Although once viewed as peaceful star-gazers, more recent scholarly work has revealed that politics, war and trade dominated ancient Maya society. "We're seeing the pendulum swing back with this discovery, where we can now see astronomy playing a role in ordering their society," Martin says.
Source: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/newly-discovered-mayan-calendar-past-2012/story?id=16322935#.UNgrMLYZbtY (http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/newly-discovered-mayan-calendar-past-2012/story?id=16322935#.UNgrMLYZbtY)
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The world hasn't ended, that’s why we are still reading this forum? The buzz surrounding the Maya "end of days" has generated massive traffic on the internet especially on facebook and twitter. Many also gathered at the ruins of the ancient Mayan city of Chichen Itza, where they chanted, danced and frolicked around ceremonial fires and pyramids to mark the conclusion of a vast, 5,125-year cycle in the Mayan calendar. For those people Dec. 21 sparked celebration of what they saw as the birth of a new and better age. However, as far as I know, there were no reports of natural or man-made catastrophes linked to the doomsday predictions
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Well, it is now 4 days after the 21/12/2012, the supposed end's day but the planet earth and its inhabitants is still the same. So not end of the world. Interestingly, many people actually believed the prediction.
For me the more important point is the realization that for some the world's end may come anytime ie death can come anytime. So we actually should prepare for our death everyday, just like if we are traveling we should prepare for our trip. We must be aware that we can die anytime. If we believe in karma and reincarnation then it is imperative that we generate merits and increase wisdom to protect ourselves at least for a better rebirth if not for liberation and Buddhahood.The best way is start to change ourselves realizing our happiness depends on others and vice versa.
Be a better person. Change ourselves for the betterment of others.