“Oh good man! There are five kinds of secular dharma, which are: 1) the world of names, 2) the world of sentences, 3) the world of bonds, 4) the world of law and 5) the world of clinging. Oh good man! What is the world of names? [Things] such as man, woman, pot, clothing, vehicle (car) and house are all of the world of names. Something such as a gatha (verse) of four lines belongs to the world of sentences. What are the things of the world of bonds? Things such as joining, binding, restraining and folding of the hands (in reverence) are (things) of the world of bonds. What is the world of law? Calling the bhiksus by hammering (the bells), warning soldiers by drumming and announcing the time by sounding a horn are (things) of the world of law. What belongs to the world of clinging? Seeing from afar a person wearing a colorful clothes, one imagines that this is a Shramana, and not a Brahmin; seeing a person with fabrics, one thinks that this is a Brahmin, and not a Shramana. This is what belongs to the world of clinging (paradigms). Oh good man! Thus goes with the five kinds of things in the world. Oh good man! If the mind of beings, [when confronted with these] five worldly phenomena, do not get turned upside down, but recognize things just as they are, this is the truth of 'Paramartha-satya' ('Ultimate Reality').”
Read More on the Nirvana Sutra, Chapter 20 - On Holy Actions 2.
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