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Five Turbidities
1) turbidity of kalpa, 2) turbidity of views, 3) turbidity of
afflictions, 4) turbidity of beings, 5) turbidity of
lifespan.
"What are the Five Turbidities? The first is the turbidity of the
kalpa. Kalpa is a Sanskrit word that is interpreted as a 'division
of time.' How does the kalpa become turbid? At the time of the five
evil realms, the evil karma of living beings makes the kalpa
turbid.
"The second turbidity is views. In the past, people saw everything
as clean. But when the turbid kalpa arrives, people see things as
unclean. The turbidity of views is composed of the Five Quick
Servants: A view of the body, prejudiced views, views of
prohibitions, views of views, and deviant views.
"The view of a body: all living beings are attached to having
bodies. They love their bodies. 'I certainly have to take care of
myself. I can't let anything happen to me.' They look upon their
own bodies as extremely important. They want to wear good clothes,
eat good food, live in a good place. They always look upon their
bodies as priceless gems. Right, your body is a priceless gem, but
if you misuse it, your priceless gem turns into something not even
as good as excrement. Why? Because you tend only to its superficial
aspects, and don't discover the true gem of you self-nature. All
you know is that your body is yours, and you can't put it down.
From morning to night you are busy on behalf of your body. That's
the view of a body.
"Prejudiced views for one side or the other. If you don't favor
emptiness, then you favor existence. In general, it means not being
in accord with the Middle Way.
"The third 'quick servant' is the view of prohibitions. Precepts an
turn into something bad when they are based on mistaking for a
cause something that is not a cause. Such a mistake leads to the
cultivation of unbeneficial ascetic practices. I explained earlier
how some people imitate the habits of cows or dogs, or sleep on
beds of nails, or undertake other unbeneficial ascetic practices.
People who do this have a view of prohibitions. 'See me,' they
think, 'I hold precepts.l None of you can do what I do; you can't
compare to me.' They always have this arrogance in their
minds.
"The fourth is the 'view of views', or 'grasping at views'. This is
to mistake for an effect something that is not an effect. People
with this problem think that they have obtained effects which they
have not obtained.
"The fifth is deviant views. People with deviant knowledge and
views are always thinking about things in an improper way. These
are the Five Quick Servants, which comprise the turbidity of
views.
"The third turbidity is the turbidity of the afflictions, which is
composed of the Five Slow Servants: greed, hatred, stupidity,
arrogance, and doubt. 'Greed' refers to an insatiable greed for
pleasant experiences. You are greedy for the things you like.
'Hatred' is the dislike of unpleasant situations. 'Stupidity' means
stupid false thoughts. 'Arrogance' refers to pride and
self-satisfaction--the feeling that 'I am the greatest' and 'no one
is equal to me'. Arrogant people have no courtesy towards
others.
"'Doubt' refers to doubt of the genuine Dharma and preference for
improper dharmas instead. Such people doubt the true and rely on
the false. They doubt the proper Dharma and believe deviant
dharmas.
"These are the Five Slow Servants, which comprise the third
turbidity, that of afflictions. The existence of these five dull
servants creates a lot of affliction.
"The fourth turbidity is that of living beings--let's not even try
to express it. Why? Living beings are just too filthy, too unclean,
too impure. You shouldn't think of yourself as being so terrific.
Living beings are murky and turbid; there's nothing so good about
them. But living beings think of themselves as something really
special, despite the fact that hey comprise the fourth kind of
turbidity.
"The fifth turbidity is the turbidity of a lifespan. Our mundane
lives, our destinies, are impure." (SS III 205-207)
1) Ch. wu jwo , wu jwo e shr , 2) Skt. panca-kasaya, 3) Pali
panca-kasaya, 4) Alternate Translations: five turbid realms, evil
world of the five turbidities, five periods of turbidity, impurity
or chaos of decay.
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