SN 35.66PTS SN 4.391 min read

Samiddhi’s Question About a Sentient Being

Samiddhisattapañhāsutta

Venerable Samiddhi asks the Buddha what a “sentient being” is. The Buddha says that a sentient being is present so long as the senses exist.

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0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.66Linked Discourses 35.66
0.27. Migajālavagga7. With Migajāla

0.3SamiddhisattapañhāsuttaSamiddhi’s Question About a Sentient Being

1.1“‘Satto, satto’ti, bhante, vuccati.“Sir, they speak of this thing called a ‘sentient being’.1.2Kittāvatā nu kho, bhante, satto vā assa sattapaññatti vā”ti …pe….How do we define a sentient being or what is known as a sentient being?” …

1.3Catutthaṁ.