六ろく情じょう

noun

the six emotions

A traditional Buddhist or literary term referring to the six fundamental emotions: joy, anger, sorrow, pleasure, love, and hatred. Rare in everyday conversation; mainly encountered in classical or philosophical contexts.

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは六ろく情じょうを制せい御ぎょすることが悟さとりへの道みちとされる。

  In Buddhism, controlling the six emotions is considered the path to enlightenment.