六ろく識しき

noun

six consciousnesses

Buddhist term for the six types of vijñāna (consciousness) arising from the six sense organs: eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind (manas).

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、六ろく識しきは眼がん識しき・耳じ識しき・鼻び識しき・舌ぜつ識しき・身しん識しき・意い識しきを指さす。

  In Buddhism, the six consciousnesses refer to eye-consciousness, ear-consciousness, nose-consciousness, tongue-consciousness, body-consciousness, and mind-consciousness.