Discussions of the far future are of major importance both in theology and folk religion.
[3] According to Mahayana Buddhism, an emanation of the Buddha-nature will appear in the material world in the far future.
Stela 1 at Coba marks the date of creation as 13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.0.0.0.0 in the Mesoamerican Long Count.
According to Linda Schele, these 13s represent "the starting point of a huge odometer of time", with each acting as a zero and resetting to 1 as the numbers increase.
[6] Thus this inscription anticipates the current universe lasting at least 2021×13×360 days,[7] or roughly 2.687×1028 years; a time span equal to 2 quintillion times the age of the universe as determined by cosmologists.