Turning the wheel of time…
Turning the wheel of time…
Click a segment to inspect it; click again, or scroll, to enter. The centre, or the pill above, climbs back out.
The lifetime of one Brahmā is a single breath of Mahā-Viṣṇu, reclining on the Causal Ocean. He breathes out the worlds and breathes them in again; even the creator is born and dies, while the Lord alone is beyond time.
Breath of Mahā-Viṣṇu (Mahā-Viṣṇu-niḥśvāsa) in the Vedic reckoning of time (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam). It spans ≈ 622 trillion years — one full breath. The lifetime of one Brahmā is a single breath of Mahā-Viṣṇu, reclining on the Causal Ocean. He breathes out the worlds and breathes them in again; even the creator is born and dies, while the Lord alone is beyond time.