Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-33485854-20180625233306/@comment-734582-20180627081003

Elveonora wrote: For Six Paths last time, again... where do people get so much confidence and use the term as an actual explained thing? Calling it "Sage mode" would be confusing. Calling it "yin" or "yang" power is awkward. "six paths" as a term is used for tons of things, and they all have in common that they can be linked almost directly to Kaguya's own power. So it seems to me that the simple explanation is that it refers to Kaguya's own natural power. The big reveal of the 4th war (which was announced off-handedly as if it were nothing) is that most chakra in the Naruto world is a pale imitation of the real stuff. Giving the naming scheme, thematic nature of Six Paths (e.g. the bhuddist's 6 realms of reincarnation), this reveal, hagoromo's role. I think it doesn't mean anything more or less than "true" chakra.

That is, Six Paths Sage Mode is a "true" sage mode, Six paths chakra is "true" chakra, and Hagoromo was a "true" Sage (wise old man). True because it isn't an imitation of power but rather the real thing.