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Sentient being

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Sentient being

(tib.: sem chen) Any living being, not just human, in samsara who has not yet attained liberation.

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"The purpose of meditation is not to reach nirvana and then disappear. If that was the case, it would be better that you manifested as a flower!"
- Lama Yeshe

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