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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.
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.


==Alternate Translations==
==Alternative Translations==
*the 'dregs of time'
*the 'dregs of time'
*the degenerate age
*the degenerate age

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