五浊

五滓; 五渾 The five kaṣāya periods of turbidity, impurity, or chaos, i. e. of decay; they are accredited to the 住 kalpa, see 四劫, and commence when human life begins to decrease below 20,000 years.

(1) 劫濁 the kalpa in decay, when it suffers deterioration and gives rise to the ensuing form;

(2) 見濁 deterioration of view, egoism, etc., arising;

(3) 煩惱濁 the passions and delusions of desire, anger, stupidity, pride, and doubt prevail;

(4) 衆生濁 in consequence human miseries increase and happiness decreases;

(5) 命濁 human life time gradually diminishes to ten years. The second and third are described as the 濁 itself and the fourth and fifth its results.