Work Classification Layer
Compare Works
Pick two or more works to set their attribute fingerprints, dimension-by-dimension passages, and shared school embodiments side by side. Especially useful for author-stage comparisons (Wittgenstein early vs late) and for setting a single tradition's foundational texts against each other.
Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch (Liuzu Tanjing)
"From the beginning not a thing is" — the Sixth Patriarch's teaching of sudden awakening, no-mind, and the Buddha-nature present in all beings
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch (Liuzu Tanjing) (Early) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Infinite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Relational |
| Time · Grain | Continuous |
| Time · Freedom | Both |
| Time · Traversability | Linear |
| Time · Dimensionality | One |
| Time · Direction | Uni-directional |
| Space · Extent | Infinite |
| Space · Ontological Status | Relational |
| Space · Curvature | not engaged |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | Non-Local |
| Matter · Extent | Infinite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Emergent |
| Matter · Conservation | Conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | Non-Local |
| Observer · Time Instance | Multiple |
| Observer · Space Instance | Multiple |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Immediate |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Both |
| Observer · Agency | Both |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | None |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Experience |
| Observer · Theological Method | — |
| Energy · Extent | Infinite |
| Energy · Ontological Status | Relational |
| Energy · Conservation | Conserved |
| Energy · Dispersibility | Reversible |
| Information · Ontological Status | Relational |
| Information · Cosmic Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Personal Conservation | Non-conserved |
| Information · Granularity | Continuous |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch (Liuzu Tanjing)
Infinite samsara; relational time transcended in sudden awakening; both determined and free.
Space
Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch (Liuzu Tanjing)
Infinite, relational, non-local: Buddha-nature pervades all locations equally.
Matter
Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch (Liuzu Tanjing)
Infinite, emergent: phenomena are empty of intrinsic nature but not nihilistically non-existent.
Observer
Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch (Liuzu Tanjing)
Both embodied and transcendent; multiple instances in awakened state; immediate non-conceptual insight.
Energy
Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch (Liuzu Tanjing)
Infinite, relational; the dynamic quality of emptiness; conserved and reversible.
Information
Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch (Liuzu Tanjing)
Relational, conserved cosmically; personal info non-conserved (no permanent self); "transmitted outside scriptures."
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Paradox of sudden enlightenment: if Buddha-nature is already present, why practice? Historical question of whether the text represents Huineng's actual teaching or later redaction.