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(Chinese: 末法; pinyin: Mò Fǎ
: ; Jp: mappō , which is also translated as the Age of Dharma Decline, is the "degenerate" Third Age of Buddhism.
Degeneration
Traditionally, this age is supposed to begin 2,000 years after Sakyamuni Buddha's passing and last for "10,000 years". (The first two ages are the Age of Right Dharma (正法 Cn: zhèngfǎ; Jp: shōbō , followed by the Age of Semblance Dharma (像法 Cn: xiàngfǎ; Jp: zōbō .[6]) During this degenerate third age, it is believed that people will be unable to attain enlightenment through the word of Sakyamuni Buddha, and society will become morally corrupt. In Buddhist thought, during the Age of Dharma Decline the teachings of the Buddha will still be correct, but people will no longer be capable of following them
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