[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [釋氏要覽](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127) › 2.382 # 釋氏要覽 2.382 釋氏要覽 2.382 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.382](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.2.382) 梵云僕呼善那。此云眾生謂眾緣所生故○祐法師云。眾共生世。故名眾生○唐三藏譯名有情。謂一切無情物。皆假眾緣生。今簡去無情。故云有情○證契大乘經云。眾生者何義。佛言。是情想和合。所謂地水火風空識名色界入緣起及因業果會對而生故○楞伽經云。一切眾無明為根本。於愛隨業流運。 > In Sanskrit it is \*bahu-jana\*; here this means "sentient beings" (zhongsheng), referring to being born from a multitude of conditions. Dharma Master Sengyou says: 'Because they are born together in the world in multitudes, they are called \*zhongsheng\*.' The Tang Tripiṭaka Master translated the term as \*sattva\* (youqing), meaning that all insentient things are also produced by relying on a multitude of conditions; now to exclude the insentient, he says \*youqing\* ("having sentience"). The \*Zhengqi dacheng jing\* states: 'What is the meaning of "sentient being"? The Buddha said: It is the conjunction of sentience and thought, namely the arising through conditions of earth, water, fire, wind, space, consciousness, name-and-form, dhātus, and āyatanas, and being born through the confrontation of causes, karma, and fruits.' The \*Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra\* states: 'All beings have ignorance as their root, and are borne along in the flow by craving in accordance with their karma.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.381](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.2.381) - [Next: 2.383](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.2.383) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127~en-mt.2.382) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.2.382](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.2.382) · Pramāṇa