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.
Attaining Enlightenment in This Very Existence (Sokushin Jōbutsu Gi)
Kūkai's 9th-c. foundational Shingon esoteric Buddhist text on attaining enlightenment in this very body
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Attaining Enlightenment in This Very Existence (Sokushin Jōbutsu Gi) (Early) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Infinite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Time · Grain | Continuous |
| Time · Freedom | Non-Deterministic |
| Time · Traversability | Linear |
| Time · Dimensionality | One |
| Time · Direction | Uni-directional |
| Space · Extent | Infinite |
| Space · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Space · Curvature | Flat |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | Local |
| Matter · Extent | Infinite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Matter · Conservation | Conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | Local |
| Observer · Time Instance | Plural |
| Observer · Space Instance | Single |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Partial |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Both |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Personal |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Tradition |
| Observer · Theological Method | — |
| Energy · Extent | Infinite |
| Energy · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Energy · Conservation | Conserved |
| Energy · Dispersibility | Irreversible |
| Information · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Information · Cosmic Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Personal Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Granularity | Continuous |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
Attaining Enlightenment in This Very Existence (Sokushin Jōbutsu Gi)
The accelerated time of "in this very body" attainment.
Space
Attaining Enlightenment in This Very Existence (Sokushin Jōbutsu Gi)
The mandala-cosmic space of practice.
Matter
Attaining Enlightenment in This Very Existence (Sokushin Jōbutsu Gi)
The embodied practitioner in this very body.
Observer
Attaining Enlightenment in This Very Existence (Sokushin Jōbutsu Gi)
The practitioner of the three secrets.
Energy
Attaining Enlightenment in This Very Existence (Sokushin Jōbutsu Gi)
Energies of mudrā-mantra-mandala practice.
Information
Attaining Enlightenment in This Very Existence (Sokushin Jōbutsu Gi)
Esoteric-Buddhist practice framework.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Shingon esoteric tradition in continuing dialogue with exoteric Japanese Buddhist schools.