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.
Kyōgyōshinshō
Salvation by Other Power (tariki) — Amida's vow grants birth in the Pure Land to those who entrust themselves to it
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Kyōgyōshinshō (Mature) |
|---|---|
| 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 | Curved |
| 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 | Single |
| Observer · Space Instance | Single |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Partial |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Passive |
| 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 | Reversible |
| 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
Kyōgyōshinshō
The mappō (latter days) framework; the eternal time of Amida's vow trans-temporal.
Space
Kyōgyōshinshō
The Pure Land (Sukhāvatī) as the realm of Amida's presence at the limit of cosmic geography.
Matter
Kyōgyōshinshō
The karmic-evil bonbu (foolish ordinary being) as Shinran's model human.
Observer
Kyōgyōshinshō
The passive recipient — Agency Passive because the vow precedes any agent's action.
Energy
Kyōgyōshinshō
Amida's Primal Vow as the active force; the nembutsu as its natural expression.
Information
Kyōgyōshinshō
The Eighteenth Vow as the central propositional content; the Pure Land sutras as scriptural information.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Shinran's radicalisation of Hōnen has been contested since the Kamakura period. The relation between faith (shinjin) and the nembutsu remains debated within Jōdo Shinshū. Comparative-theological parallels with Christian Reformation theology (Barth, CD I.2) have been productive but disputed.