Read The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Online
Authors: John Bowker
(i)
ss
, able to undertake a variety of functions;
(ii)
bess, able to focus on one particular function;
(iii)
ds
, possessing a function which is also held in general by other appearances;
(iv)
is, having a distinctive feature of its own;
(v)
js
, having the power to form or construct in combination with other appearances;
(vi)
es, persistence through destruction.
Rokuso en’yu
is the ability of those trained in Kegon to see the six elements as being undifferentiated, whereas the untrained see these features as disparate.