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Lam rim chen mo (The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment)

Tsongkhapa Losang Drakpa
1402 · Tibetan
Buddhist systematic treatise · Tibetan Gelug Buddhism

Tsongkhapa's 1402 foundational Tibetan Gelug school systematic — comprehensive path to enlightenment

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Attribute Lam rim chen mo (The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment) (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 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

Lam rim chen mo (The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment)

The graded temporal path of practice.

Space

Lam rim chen mo (The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment)

The cosmic Mahāyāna space.

Matter

Lam rim chen mo (The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment)

The embodied practitioner in three capacities.

Observer

Lam rim chen mo (The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment)

The practitioner advancing on the graded path.

Energy

Lam rim chen mo (The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment)

Energies of disciplined practice and emptiness-realization.

Information

Lam rim chen mo (The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment)

Three-volume systematic path framework.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Lam rim chen mo (The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment)

Tsongkhapa's Gelug Prāsaṅgika tradition vs. Nyingma, Kagyu, and Sakya schools within Tibetan Buddhism.