What is six roots

What is The Six Roots ?

The term “Six Roots” (六根) in Buddhism refers to the six sense faculties or sense organs through which humans perceive and interact with the world. These are:

1. Eyes (眼) – The faculty of sight, responsible for visual perception.
2. Ears (耳) – The faculty of hearing, responsible for auditory perception.
3. Nose (鼻) – The faculty of smell, responsible for olfactory perception.
4. Tongue (舌) – The faculty of taste, responsible for gustatory perception.
5. Body (身) – The faculty of touch, responsible for tactile perception.
6. Mind (意) – The faculty of thought, responsible for mental activities, including perception, cognition, and consciousness.

In Buddhist teachings, these six faculties are seen as the sources through which desires, attachments, and delusions arise, leading to suffering. Understanding and controlling the “Six Roots” is crucial for spiritual development and liberation from the cycle of rebirth (samsara).

The six roots are also the bridge between people and the outside world, and are also the desires and obsessions that practitioners need to overcome. Overcoming these six senses will transcend the cycle of life and death. If Sun Wukong’s soul is transformed into six spiritual objects, it may symbolize that his years or powers related to the six roots are revealed or released after his death. These spiritual objects may represent his unique abilities and personality traits related to these six roots in his life.

Six roots is the obstacles on the Path of Spiritual Practice.