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.
A Buddhist expression combining 天地 “heaven and earth; the world” with 有情 “sentient beings,” referring collectively to the sentient world.