Ullambana Sūtra
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The Ullambana Sūtra is a Mahayana Buddhist scripture that narrates the story of Maudgalyāyana saving his mother from the realm of hungry ghosts, forming the doctrinal basis for filial-piety rituals and the Ghost Festival in East Asian Buddhism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ullambana Sūtra canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20567508 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ullambana Sūtra Context triple: [Ullambana Festival, basedOnText, Ullambana Sūtra]
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A.
Mahaparinirvana Sutra
The Mahaparinirvana Sutra is a major Mahayana Buddhist scripture that expounds on the Buddha’s final teachings, emphasizing the concepts of Buddha-nature, permanence, and ultimate liberation.
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B.
Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva Pūrvapraṇidhāna Sūtra
The Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva Pūrvapraṇidhāna Sūtra is a major Mahāyāna Buddhist scripture that extols the vows, compassionate deeds, and salvific power of the bodhisattva Kṣitigarbha, especially in relation to beings suffering in hell realms.
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C.
Avatamsaka Sutra
The Avatamsaka Sutra is a monumental Mahayana Buddhist scripture renowned for its vast, visionary depiction of the interpenetrating cosmos and the path of the bodhisattva.
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D.
Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sutra
The Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sutra is a key Mahayana Buddhist scripture that presents profound teachings on non-duality and emptiness through the figure of the enlightened layman Vimalakīrti.
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E.
Amitābha Sūtra
The Amitābha Sūtra is a key Mahāyāna Buddhist scripture that extols the Pure Land of Amitābha Buddha and underpins Pure Land devotional practice.
- 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: Ullambana Sūtra Target entity description: The Ullambana Sūtra is a Mahayana Buddhist scripture that narrates the story of Maudgalyāyana saving his mother from the realm of hungry ghosts, forming the doctrinal basis for filial-piety rituals and the Ghost Festival in East Asian Buddhism.
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A.
Mahaparinirvana Sutra
The Mahaparinirvana Sutra is a major Mahayana Buddhist scripture that expounds on the Buddha’s final teachings, emphasizing the concepts of Buddha-nature, permanence, and ultimate liberation.
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B.
Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva Pūrvapraṇidhāna Sūtra
The Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva Pūrvapraṇidhāna Sūtra is a major Mahāyāna Buddhist scripture that extols the vows, compassionate deeds, and salvific power of the bodhisattva Kṣitigarbha, especially in relation to beings suffering in hell realms.
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C.
Avatamsaka Sutra
The Avatamsaka Sutra is a monumental Mahayana Buddhist scripture renowned for its vast, visionary depiction of the interpenetrating cosmos and the path of the bodhisattva.
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D.
Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sutra
The Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sutra is a key Mahayana Buddhist scripture that presents profound teachings on non-duality and emptiness through the figure of the enlightened layman Vimalakīrti.
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E.
Amitābha Sūtra
The Amitābha Sūtra is a key Mahāyāna Buddhist scripture that extols the Pure Land of Amitābha Buddha and underpins Pure Land devotional practice.
- F. None of above. chosen
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