I'm familiar with the word, Kalpa.
What I don't know is how many people are
familiar with this question posed to the Budddha.
Along the line of teachings about
everything in this existensial existence by the Enlightened one, he was once
asked how long it would take for his teachings to be wholely forgotten by men in
this world, i.e..
He replied, "Five thousand
years".
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Therefore it follows that
there are at least some 2300+ years before Apocalyse/end of the
world.
Unless He lied, doesn't know or the
report is false.
Using a mix of faith and logic, I must
say, "Most unlikely, any of the 3".
----- Original Message -----
The sanskrit word
kalpa is used in several ways. It is
an almost incalculable period of time. It is also the word used to measure the
period between the creation and recreation of the world. Each great
kalpa is divided into 4 parts.
The Chinese transliteration of
kalpa is
ka. The masters of
wei qi, the ancient game of
warfare and strategy use the term to mean the point where the contending
forces have reached a stalemate.
It is common knowledge among
wei
qi masters, however, that a Jian - a master general of
wei qi - may
find a strategy to break
ka. It is Shan, the Mountain.
-Eric
Lutbradder
On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 1:57 PM, wits0
<wi...@nerdshack.com>
wrote:
That insufferable Waste Carrier
Wong? Hahaha!
He also sells: 
Like O'Bummer. And like as if
there's no tomorrow too!