四分律行事鈔資持記 1.180

1.180

《大集》，引彼十九〈護法品〉文。初引菩薩請詞。五滓，阻史反，濁也。言五濁者，一劫濁（劫濁無別體，但四濁聚於此時，《悲華》云：從減劫人壽二萬歲時為劫濁三。），二見濁（五利使），三煩惱濁（五鈍使），四眾生濁（亦無別體，攪前利鈍果報，立此假名。），五命濁（連持色心，摧年促壽。）。如餘土者，引他為例以申請意。佛言止止！佛自知時；因緣未出，則不預制；由不即制，故云後許。

The Mahāsaṃnipāta quotes the text of its nineteenth chapter, "Protecting the Dharma". First, it quotes the bodhisattva's words of request. "Five defilements" (滓 is pronounced with the fanqie 阻史 [zhǐ]), meaning turbidities. As for the five turbidities: first, the turbidity of the kalpa (the turbidity of the kalpa has no distinct essence; it is merely that the four turbidities converge at this time; the Karuṇāpuṇḍarīka says: from the diminishing kalpa when human lifespan is twenty thousand years, it becomes the turbidity of the kalpa); second, the turbidity of views (the five sharp emissaries); third, the turbidity of afflictions (the five dull emissaries); fourth, the turbidity of sentient beings (likewise having no distinct essence; this nominal designation is established by mixing the preceding sharp and dull fruit-retributions); fifth, the turbidity of lifespan (holding together form and mind, wearing down years and shortening life). "As in other lands..." adduces other places as precedents to express the intent of the request. The Buddha said: "Stop, stop! The Buddha himself knows the time." If causes and conditions have not yet arisen, then he does not make advance prohibitions; because he did not prohibit them immediately, it is said that "he permitted them later".