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Kalki"Da Kalki" is the Name by which Avatar Adi Da Samraj was known publically in 1990 and 1991.
In the Krishna tradition of Hinduism, it is said that cosmic history has already witnessed the appearance of nine Avatars, but the tenth and completing Avatar remains to come. He is named "Kalki" and will appear, according to tradition, in the terrible era of the Kali Yuga, when God has been forgotten, heroically conquering the forces of darkness and restoring all to the Divine Condition.
In 1990, a devotee sent Adi Da a gift of a Kalki medallion that the man had acquired in India. Simultaneously, another devotee sent Beloved Adi Da an explanation of the Kalki tradition, and praised Him as the true and final Avatar, the Divine Liberator Who Fulfills the Kalki prophecy in this present dark and godless age. Avatar Adi Da Graciously Received this gift of acknowledgement from His devotees and accepted "Da Kalki" as His principal Name.
However, as devotees gradually found out more about the Kalki tradition, we came to feel that the Name "Da Kalki" was not a fully right representation of Avatar Adi Da, because of the pre-existing association of this Name with a particular tradition of Hindu mythology, and particularly the typical portrayal of Kalki (in this tradition) in political, and even aggressive, terms. Therefore, in 1991, Avatar Adi Da accepted the Name "Avabhasa", and He confirmed that, while the impulse behind the offering of the Name "Da Kalki" had been entirely right, some of its associations were, indeed, not appropriate in a Name for Him, and it should be regarded as one of His historical Names that would not continue to be used.
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