Tokue does not claim beans are sentient.
She is saying something subtler:
The beans are not conscious.
Yet they deserve attentiveness.
Relationship arises through listening.
In Japanese aesthetic and Buddhist thought, the world is not divided strictly into alive vs not alive — everything participates in existence.
Sentience asks:
Can it feel me?
Presence asks:
Can I feel it?
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