noun
the sentient world; all sentient beings
A Buddhist term referring to the idea that the universe and all living things possess feeling or consciousness. Often used in literary or philosophical contexts.
天地有情の思想は、自然への畏敬の念を育む。
The idea of a sentient universe fosters reverence for nature.
彼の詩には天地有情の感覚が溢れている。
His poetry is filled with a sense of the sentient world.
From Buddhist terminology, combining 天地 (tenchi, 'heaven and earth' or 'the universe') and 有情 (ujō, 'sentient beings'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is conventionally associated with the Mahayana Buddhist concept that all existence possesses Buddha-nature or consciousness.