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'''Sentient beings''' (Skt. ''sattva''; Tib. ''sem chen''; | '''Sentient beings''' (Skt. ''sattva''; Tib.སེམས་ཆེན་, ''sem chen''; Wyl. ''sems can'') — all inhabitants of the [[three realms]] of [[samsara]] who possess a mind and transmigrate within the [[six classes of beings]]. Animate things, such as plants, which do not have a mind, are not 'sentient'. | ||
==Alternative Translations== | ==Alternative Translations== | ||
Revision as of 07:46, 14 February 2017
Sentient beings (Skt. sattva; Tib.སེམས་ཆེན་, sem chen; Wyl. sems can) — all inhabitants of the three realms of samsara who possess a mind and transmigrate within the six classes of beings. Animate things, such as plants, which do not have a mind, are not 'sentient'.
Alternative Translations
- limited beings (Alexander Berzin)