Concept

Sentient beings (Buddhism)

Overview

In Buddhism, sentient beings or living beings are beings with consciousness, sentience, or in some contexts life itself.

Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).

Philosophers who discussed Sentient beings (Buddhism)

• Nagarjuna
• Buddhism

Related ideas

• Sentience
• Saṃsāra
• Buddhahood
• Life
• Mahayana
• Kūkai
• Tiantai
• East Asian Buddhism
• Buddhism
• Bodhisattva
• Enlightenment in Buddhism
• Consciousness
• Upaya
• Buddha-nature
• Dōgen

Opposing perspectives

• Saṃsāra
• Enlightenment in Buddhism
• Dōgen
• Duḥkha

Place in the tradition

Part of Buddhist philosophy.

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