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#degeneration of experience (Wyl. ''nyams kyi snyigs ma''), the decline in physical form, intellect, good health and so on. | #degeneration of experience (Wyl. ''nyams kyi snyigs ma''), the decline in physical form, intellect, good health and so on. | ||
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The five degenerations of the age of strife are:
- degeneration of life-span (Wyl. tshe’i snyigs ma), the shortening of the length of life;
- degeneration of time (Wyl. dus kyi snyigs ma), the decline in the quality of things, grain is less savory and nutritious, fails to ripen and so on;
- degeneration of disturbing emotions (Wyl. nyon mongs kyi snyigs ma), the decline in the virtues of householders, negative emotions strive;
- degeneration of views (Wyl. lta ba’i snyigs ma), the decline in the virtues of the ordained sangha, wrong views proliferate;
- degeneration of experience (Wyl. nyams kyi snyigs ma), the decline in physical form, intellect, good health and so on.