六ろっ根こん清しょう浄じょう

noun

purification of the six roots of perception

Buddhist term referring to cleansing the six sense organs (eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, mind) of defilements. Often chanted as a mantra during mountain ascetic practices or pilgrimages.

• 修しゅ験げん道どうでは「六ろっ根こん清しょう浄じょう」と唱となえながら山やまを登のぼる。

  In Shugendō, practitioners chant 'rokkon shōjō' while climbing the mountain.