Reply To: Definition of “human being”

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koolhouse
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Thank you Lal.

So i would be correct.

If a smart green being with big eyes comes in a spaceship from another planet many light years away, even if it speaks other language, is smarter, and lives 200 more years, etc. It would still be according to buddha dhamma a Manussa or “human”. Because their character and habits are similar to ours, sexuality, technology, inclination to anger,joy, etc.

Is “Manussa” translated exactly as human? Or it has another meaning.

 

Thanks