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'''The age of degeneration''' - ''kaliyuga'' [Skt.], a period when there are five degenerations: life span, negative emotions (the five poisons increase), beings (it is difficult to help them), times (wars and famines proliferate), views (false beliefs spread).
The '''age of degeneration''' (Skt. ''kaliyuga''; Tib. [[རྩོད་ལྡན་གྱི་དུས་]], [[Wyl.]] ''rtsod ldan gyi dus'', ''tsöden gyi dü'') — a period when there are [[five degenerations]]: life span, negative emotions (the five poisons increase), beings (it is difficult to help them), times (wars and famines proliferate), views (false beliefs) that spread.


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==Alternative Translations==
*the 'dregs of time'
*the degenerate age
*the time of destruction and corruption
*the age of decadence and corruption
 
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Revision as of 20:17, 10 April 2016

The age of degeneration (Skt. kaliyuga; Tib. རྩོད་ལྡན་གྱི་དུས་, Wyl. rtsod ldan gyi dus, tsöden gyi dü) — a period when there are five degenerations: life span, negative emotions (the five poisons increase), beings (it is difficult to help them), times (wars and famines proliferate), views (false beliefs) that spread.

Alternative Translations

  • the 'dregs of time'
  • the degenerate age
  • the time of destruction and corruption
  • the age of decadence and corruption