Awakened sentient being

Japanese: 覚有情 - かくうじょう
Awakened sentient being

...More accurately, Bodhisattva. The free translation is "enlightened sentient being." Initially, it referred to Shakyamuni, who had accumulated good deeds in the Jataka, a story of the Buddha's past life, but with the rise of Mahayana Buddhism, it came to refer generally to "a practitioner striving to attain enlightenment."

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention “awakened sentient beings” are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…より正確には菩提薩埵。意訳は覚有情。初め仏陀の前世物語〈ジャータカ〉において,善行を積んでいた釈迦牟尼を指していたが,大乗仏教の興起とともに,〈悟りを目ざして励む修行者〉一般を指すようになった。…

※「覚有情」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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