sentient beings
Buddhist term for beings with consciousness and feeling, as opposed to inanimate objects or plants. Often contrasted with 非情 (insentient).
See also: 非情
General term for human warmth, kindness, or compassion. Antonym of 無情 (heartlessness).
Antonyms: 無情
彼の行動には有情が感じられなかった。
I couldn't feel any compassion in his actions.
Buddhism teaches that one must not kill sentient beings.
heartless; cruel; coldhearted · insentient; inanimate
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; cruel · insentient; inanimate
From Middle Chinese 有情 (yuwX dzjeng, literally 'having feeling'). The Buddhist sense is a translation of Sanskrit sattva.