Sentient being

A living being, other than a Buddha, that acts with intention and thus experiences the results of his or her behavior; a being still having limited awareness, tainted with the fleeting stains of the emotional and cognitive obscurations.

Tibetan: སེམས་ཅན། sems-can

Sanskrit: sattva

Pali: satta

Synonyms: Limited being


Other languages

العربية: كائن واعي
Deutsch: Fühlendes Wesen
Français: Être doué de sensibilité
Tiếng Việt: Chúng sanh
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