Kalpa, as interpreted in the Buddhist terms, denotes a long, long

stretch of time dissimilar to the normal unit of time otherwise in use.

It works like this: to start, from the initial human life of 10 years,

1 year is being added every 100 years until reaching 84,000 years,

hence called kalpa of increment; next, 1 year is being subtracted every

100 years until reaching 10 years, hence called kalpa of reduction;

a kalpa of increment and a kalpa of reduction together make a small

kalpa, 20 small kalpas make a middling kalpa, and 4 middling kalpas

make a large kalpa.

No evading from kalpas as predestined, though a nonBuddhist phrasal

expression, does seem a sweeping attempt to say there is nowhere to

run in the face of evil retributions.