noun
sentient and non-sentient beings
Buddhist term referring to all existence, encompassing both living, conscious beings (有情) and inanimate objects or insentient life (無情). Often used in philosophical or religious contexts to express the totality of the universe.
仏教では、有情無情すべてのものに仏性が宿ると説かれる。
In Buddhism, it is taught that Buddha-nature dwells in all things, both sentient and non-sentient.
この庭園は、有情無情の調和を表現している。
This garden expresses the harmony of sentient and non-sentient beings.
無情 alone can mean 'heartless' or 'inanimate'; in this compound it specifically pairs with 有情 to denote non-sentient beings.
Compound of 有情 (sentient beings) and 無情 (non-sentient beings), a term from Buddhist philosophy.