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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rage Guy" data-source="post: 19663442" data-attributes="member: 419876">violation of the first precepts  involves five factors. First, there is a living being. Second, there is  the perception that the being is a living being. Third, there is the  volition thought of killing. Fourth, the killing is carried out. Fifth,  the being dies.It is important to understand that the violation  of the precept arises in the mind, with the recognition of a living  being and the willful thought of killing that being.In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism" target="_blank">Buddhism</a>, sentient beings are beings with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consciousness" target="_blank">consciousness</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentience" target="_blank">sentience</a>, or in some contexts <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life" target="_blank">life</a> itself.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentient_beings_%28Buddhism%29#cite_note-Getz-1" target="_blank">[1]</a> Sentient beings are composed of the five aggregates, or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skandha" target="_blank">skandhas</a>: matter, sensation, perception, mental formations and consciousness.I would really like to address Buddhist here does a 2 week fetus can be considered as a sentient being?does 2 week fetus have the five aggregates?</blockquote>

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