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**Stivenslivakovishhhs** · 10-26-2010, 01:40 PM

Sentient being is one of the most misunderstood and misused concepts in Mahayana Buddhism and should be thoroughly penetrated and understood or you will completely miss the point of the Bodhisattva Vow and the ending of mental anguish by the release of all sentient beings.

Sentient beings are mental entities such as perceptions, beliefs, opinions, attitudes, desires, moods, values, prejudices, convictions, assumptions, preconceptions, biases, habit patterns, dispositions, sentiments, judgments, addictions, impulses, compulsions, compunctions, obsessions, scruples, delusions, views, concepts, thoughts, ideas, etc.,

Hi Pudgala and welcome to the group,

I'm not sure how you have arrived at your interpretation of 'sentient beings'.

Perhaps you'd like to read about the Bodhisattva vow in Tibetan Buddhism here:

http://www.kagyu.org/kagyulineage/bu.../tra/tra06.php

from the link:

"The development of loving-kindness and compassion for all sentient beings is necessary because all have one thing in common, the wish to experience peace and happiness, and not experience pain and suffering. It is not that 95% are longing for happiness and 5% just do not care. 100% of all beings share this common wish of wanting to have happiness and be rid of suffering. Therefore, we have to include every single living being in our development of bodhicitta of loving-kindness and compassion."

Kind regards,

Aloka-D

10-26-2010, 01:40 PM	#4
Stivenslivakovishhhs Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 400 Senior Member	Sentient being is one of the most misunderstood and misused concepts in Mahayana Buddhism and should be thoroughly penetrated and understood or you will completely miss the point of the Bodhisattva Vow and the ending of mental anguish by the release of all sentient beings. Sentient beings are mental entities such as perceptions, beliefs, opinions, attitudes, desires, moods, values, prejudices, convictions, assumptions, preconceptions, biases, habit patterns, dispositions, sentiments, judgments, addictions, impulses, compulsions, compunctions, obsessions, scruples, delusions, views, concepts, thoughts, ideas, etc., Hi Pudgala and welcome to the group, I'm not sure how you have arrived at your interpretation of 'sentient beings'. Perhaps you'd like to read about the Bodhisattva vow in Tibetan Buddhism here: http://www.kagyu.org/kagyulineage/bu.../tra/tra06.php from the link: "The development of loving-kindness and compassion for all sentient beings is necessary because all have one thing in common, the wish to experience peace and happiness, and not experience pain and suffering. It is not that 95% are longing for happiness and 5% just do not care. 100% of all beings share this common wish of wanting to have happiness and be rid of suffering. Therefore, we have to include every single living being in our development of bodhicitta of loving-kindness and compassion." Kind regards, Aloka-D
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