Turning the Wheel: Essays on Buddhism and Writing
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Turning the Wheel: Essays on Buddhism and Writing is a collection of essays by Charles Johnson that explores the intersections of Buddhist philosophy, literary craft, and African American experience.
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| Turning the Wheel: Essays on Buddhism and Writing canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16368263 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Turning the Wheel: Essays on Buddhism and Writing Context triple: [Charles Johnson, notableWork, Turning the Wheel: Essays on Buddhism and Writing]
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Commentary on the Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment
Commentary on the Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment is an influential Buddhist exegesis by the Tang dynasty scholar-monk Zongmi that synthesizes Huayan and Chan perspectives on the Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment.
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Three Ages of Buddhism
Three Ages of Buddhism is a doctrinal framework that divides the historical unfolding of the Buddha’s teachings into three successive periods of flourishing, decline, and degeneration.
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The Buddha’s Quest for Knowledge
"The Buddha’s Quest for Knowledge" is a chapter that explores how the Buddha’s spiritual journey and methods of inquiry resonate with and illuminate modern scientific approaches to understanding reality.
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Turning of the Wheel of Dharma
Turning of the Wheel of Dharma refers to the Buddha’s first sermon at Sarnath, which inaugurated the formal teaching of Buddhism and set in motion the core doctrines of the Dharma.
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The Buddha and His Dhamma
The Buddha and His Dhamma is a seminal 1957 book by B. R. Ambedkar that presents a rationalist, socially engaged reinterpretation of Buddhism, especially focused on its relevance for the oppressed in modern India.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Turning the Wheel: Essays on Buddhism and Writing Target entity description: Turning the Wheel: Essays on Buddhism and Writing is a collection of essays by Charles Johnson that explores the intersections of Buddhist philosophy, literary craft, and African American experience.
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A.
Commentary on the Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment
Commentary on the Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment is an influential Buddhist exegesis by the Tang dynasty scholar-monk Zongmi that synthesizes Huayan and Chan perspectives on the Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment.
-
B.
Three Ages of Buddhism
Three Ages of Buddhism is a doctrinal framework that divides the historical unfolding of the Buddha’s teachings into three successive periods of flourishing, decline, and degeneration.
-
C.
The Buddha’s Quest for Knowledge
"The Buddha’s Quest for Knowledge" is a chapter that explores how the Buddha’s spiritual journey and methods of inquiry resonate with and illuminate modern scientific approaches to understanding reality.
-
D.
Turning of the Wheel of Dharma
Turning of the Wheel of Dharma refers to the Buddha’s first sermon at Sarnath, which inaugurated the formal teaching of Buddhism and set in motion the core doctrines of the Dharma.
-
E.
The Buddha and His Dhamma
The Buddha and His Dhamma is a seminal 1957 book by B. R. Ambedkar that presents a rationalist, socially engaged reinterpretation of Buddhism, especially focused on its relevance for the oppressed in modern India.
- F. None of above. chosen
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