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.
The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment
Tsongkhapa's 1402 great treatise on the stages of the path to enlightenment
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (Mid) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Infinite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Relational |
| Time · Grain | Continuous |
| Time · Freedom | Deterministic |
| Time · Traversability | Linear |
| Time · Dimensionality | One |
| Time · Direction | Uni-directional |
| Space · Extent | Infinite |
| Space · Ontological Status | Relational |
| Space · Curvature | Flat |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | Local |
| Matter · Extent | Infinite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Relational |
| Matter · Conservation | Conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | Local |
| Observer · Time Instance | Multiple |
| Observer · Space Instance | Single |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Partial |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Both |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Non-Theistic |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Tradition |
| Observer · Theological Method | — |
| Energy · Extent | Infinite |
| Energy · Ontological Status | Relational |
| Energy · Conservation | Conserved |
| Energy · Dispersibility | Irreversible |
| Information · Ontological Status | Relational |
| 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
The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment
The graduated stages of the path.
Space
The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment
The cosmological space of the six realms.
Matter
The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment
The graduated body of the practitioner.
Observer
The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment
The stage-by-stage progressing meditator.
Energy
The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment
Energies of method and wisdom.
Information
The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment
The graduated stages of the path.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Tsongkhapa's Lamrim Chenmo: foundational text of Gelug Tibetan Buddhism; one of the most important systematic Buddhist texts overall.