The three roots of evil are the mental defilements of greed, hate, and delusion, which lead to the mistaken belief in a permanent self. A unique characteristic of the Buddha's Teaching is that what we call a "self" is no more than the five groups of existence--form, feeling, perception, volition, and consciousness--none of these being permanent or existing independently.
Wat Khmer, Khao I Dang, Aranyaprathet, Thailand