My Review

Scientists and Sages are the same. Swami Sri Yukteswar was both. This book is best for those who have read Autobiography of a Yogi and would like an insight into the enlightened mechanical wisdom of his teacher, who, en route to delineating the steps of a 4-fold spiritual ladder, also ties connections between Revelation and old Hindu Sutras.

Jnanavatar Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri notes:

"In concluding this introduction, we may observe that the different planets, exercising their influence over the various days of the week, have lent their names to their respective days; similarly, the different constellations of stars, having influence over various months, have lent their names to the Hindu months. Each of the great Yugas also has much influence over the period of time covered by it; hence, in designating the years it is desirable that such terms should indicate to which Yuga they belong.

As the Yugas are calculated from the position of the equinox, the method of numbering the years in reference to their respective Yuga is based on a scientific principle; its use will obviate much inconvenience which has arisen in the past owing to association of the various eras with persons of eminence rather than with celestial phenomena of the fixed stars. We therefore propose to name and number the year in which this introduction has been written as 194 Dwapara, instead of A.D. 1894, to show the exact time of the Yuga now passing. This method of calculation was prevalent in India till the reign of Raja Vikramaditya, when the Samvat era was introduced. As the Yuga method calculation recommends itself to reason, we follow it, and recommend that it be followed by the public in general."

Incidentally we are now out of the 200 year calibration period and fully in the 2,400 year long Dwapara Yuga (200yr rise - 2000yr reign - 200yr decline). The Dwapara Yuga is 2/20th of a pair of twin 12,000 year Daiva Yugas. We are on the ascending side of the two 12,000 year Daiva Yugas, which means we get brighter, and cumulatively on that journey we are at 1510 of 12,000 or about 1/8 the way there.

8.24.310 Dwapara Yuga (2010)."

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