What are regular kalpas?

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What are regular kalpas?

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Hello everyone I'm new to Buddhism and I think I like Theravada because it's less tradition and more early text stuff.

I recently come to read about regular kalpa. Said it is 1000x shorter than an antarakalpa? Is this canon?

AFAIK in every antarakalpa the human lifespan diminishes until it is only 20 years or so and civilization is reset. And there are 20 antarakalpas for every kalpa. Every mahakalpa is destroyed through fire.

If there are 1000 regular kalpas in every antarakalpa, what determines a regular kalpa? How is it ended and started?
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Human life expectancy is reduced to about 20 years in every antarakalpa, based on what I've read. In addition, for every kalpa there are 20 antarakalpas. Fire destroys every mahakalpa.


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