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LESSON 2 · Wisdom of the East

PAUSE TO THINK

How long is one day of Brahma?

4.32 billion years

Hindu cosmology operates on staggering timescales. One day of Brahma, called a kalpa, equals 4.32 billion years — the span of a single cosmic cycle of creation before the world dissolves and begins again.

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