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.
Japji Sahib
There is one God, the eternal truth — Ik Onkar Sat Nam — known by direct devotional remembrance rather than by ritual or priestly mediation
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Japji Sahib (Mature (Nānak's foundational devotional composition)) |
|---|---|
| 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 | Non-local |
| Matter · Extent | Infinite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Matter · Conservation | Conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | Local |
| Observer · Time Instance | Single |
| 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 | Scripture |
| 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
Japji Sahib
The daily morning recitation; the eternal time of the divine remembrance the prayer cultivates.
Space
Japji Sahib
The five khands (realms) of spiritual ascent; the lived spaces of Punjab where the prayer first took shape.
Matter
Japji Sahib
The embodied devotee whose body and breath are involved in the recitation; matter as creation of the one God.
Observer
Japji Sahib
The devotee in remembrance; the one Creator whose presence the devotee seeks.
Energy
Japji Sahib
The devotional energies of simran (remembrance) and seva (service).
Information
Japji Sahib
The 38 pauris as discrete devotional-theological content; the Mool Mantra as the condensed core.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
The relation between the Japji Sahib's universalist theology and the specific historical practices of the Sikh tradition (the Khalsa initiation, the martial elements that developed under later Gurus) has been variously assessed by Sikh thinkers. The text's universalist register has supported both inclusive-pluralist readings and reformist movements within Sikhism.