Nyingma school
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The Nyingma school is the oldest of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism, known for its emphasis on Dzogchen teachings and its rich corpus of tantric and scriptural traditions.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nyingma school canonical | 3 |
| Nyingma | 2 |
| Dzogchen | 1 |
| Dzogchen (Great Perfection) | 1 |
| Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism | 1 |
| Palyul lineage | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2882926 — 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: Nyingma school Context triple: [Tibetan Kangyur, usedBy, Nyingma school]
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A.
Sakya school
The Sakya school is one of the four major traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, known for its scholarly monasticism, tantric teachings, and influential role in Tibet’s political and religious history.
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B.
Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism
The Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism is a major reformist tradition founded by Je Tsongkhapa, known for its strict monastic discipline, emphasis on philosophical study, and being the lineage of the Dalai Lamas.
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C.
Vajrayana
Vajrayana is a form of Buddhism known for its esoteric teachings, tantric practices, and use of ritual and symbolism as rapid paths to enlightenment.
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D.
Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism is a form of Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism that developed in Tibet, characterized by its rich monastic tradition, tantric practices, and distinctive philosophical and ritual systems.
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E.
Shingon Buddhism
Shingon Buddhism is a major esoteric school of Japanese Buddhism, founded by Kūkai, that emphasizes mystical rituals, mantras, and mandalas to achieve enlightenment in this very life.
- 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: Nyingma school Target entity description: The Nyingma school is the oldest of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism, known for its emphasis on Dzogchen teachings and its rich corpus of tantric and scriptural traditions.
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A.
Sakya school
The Sakya school is one of the four major traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, known for its scholarly monasticism, tantric teachings, and influential role in Tibet’s political and religious history.
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B.
Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism
The Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism is a major reformist tradition founded by Je Tsongkhapa, known for its strict monastic discipline, emphasis on philosophical study, and being the lineage of the Dalai Lamas.
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C.
Vajrayana
Vajrayana is a form of Buddhism known for its esoteric teachings, tantric practices, and use of ritual and symbolism as rapid paths to enlightenment.
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D.
Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism is a form of Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism that developed in Tibet, characterized by its rich monastic tradition, tantric practices, and distinctive philosophical and ritual systems.
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E.
Shingon Buddhism
Shingon Buddhism is a major esoteric school of Japanese Buddhism, founded by Kūkai, that emphasizes mystical rituals, mantras, and mandalas to achieve enlightenment in this very life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist tradition
ⓘ
religious organization ⓘ school of Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
ⓘ
Dorje Drak Monastery ⓘ Dudjom Rinpoche ⓘ Dzogchen Monastery ⓘ Jigme Lingpa ⓘ Kathok lineage ⓘ Longchen Rabjam ⓘ Mindrolling Monastery ⓘ Mipham Rinpoche ⓘ Padmasambhava ⓘ Nyingma school self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Palyul lineage
Shechen Monastery ⓘ Vimalamitra ⓘ Yeshe Tsogyal ⓘ Zhechen tradition ⓘ |
| coreTeaching | Dzogchen ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Tibet Autonomous Region
ⓘ
surface form:
Tibet
|
| emphasisOn |
Nyingma school
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Dzogchen
|
| ethnicGroupAssociated | Tibetan people ⓘ |
| hasConcept | nine yanas ⓘ |
| hasDoctrine |
Bodhisattva ideal
ⓘ
Buddha-nature ⓘ Great Perfection ⓘ Mahayana ⓘ
surface form:
Mahayana Buddhism
Vajrayana ⓘ
surface form:
Vajrayana Buddhism
emptiness (śūnyatā) ⓘ |
| hasLayComponent | lay practitioners ⓘ |
| hasMonasticComponent | Nyingma monasteries ⓘ |
| hasPractice |
Dzogchen contemplation
ⓘ
guru yoga ⓘ mantra recitation ⓘ meditation ⓘ ritual ⓘ tantric yoga ⓘ |
| hasScripturalCorpus |
sutras
ⓘ
tantric texts ⓘ terma literature ⓘ |
| hasTextCollection |
Tibetan Kangyur
ⓘ
surface form:
Kangyur
Nyingma Gyubum ⓘ Tengyur ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodOfFormation | 8th century ⓘ |
| isOldestOf | four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ |
| oneOf | four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ |
| otherMajorSchools |
Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism
ⓘ
surface form:
Gelug school
Drukpa Kagyu Buddhism ⓘ
surface form:
Kagyu school
Sakya school ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Bhutan
ⓘ
Himalayan region ⓘ India ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ
surface form:
Tibet
Western countries ⓘ |
| religion | Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousBranchOf | Buddhism ⓘ |
| scripturalLanguage |
Tibetan
ⓘ
surface form:
Classical Tibetan
Sanskrit ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Nyingma school Description of subject: The Nyingma school is the oldest of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism, known for its emphasis on Dzogchen teachings and its rich corpus of tantric and scriptural traditions.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nyingma
this entity surface form:
Dzogchen (Great Perfection)
this entity surface form:
Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism
this entity surface form:
Dzogchen
this entity surface form:
Palyul lineage
this entity surface form:
Nyingma