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.
Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
Trungpa's 1973 foundational Tibetan Buddhist text — the trap of "spiritual materialism" in modern practice
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism (Mid) |
|---|---|
| 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 | None |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Experience |
| 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
Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
The temporal life of authentic Buddhist practice.
Space
Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
The meditative-Buddhist space.
Matter
Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
The embodied practitioner.
Observer
Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
The ego-deconstructing meditator.
Energy
Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
Energies of cutting through ego.
Information
Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
Foundational modern Tibetan-Buddhist teaching framework.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Trungpa was foundational for Western Tibetan Buddhism; his later behavior remains controversial.