East Mountain Teaching
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East Mountain Teaching was an early Chinese Chan Buddhist movement associated with the fourth patriarch Daoxin and his successors, emphasizing meditative practice and the continuous realization of Buddha-nature.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| East Mountain Teaching canonical | 5 |
| East Mountain teaching | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11672798 — 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: East Mountain Teaching Context triple: [Daoxin, movement, East Mountain Teaching]
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A.
Mountaintop Campus
Mountaintop Campus is an innovative Lehigh University site known for its open, interdisciplinary research and project-based learning spaces housed in repurposed industrial buildings on South Mountain.
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B.
Indian Mountain School
Indian Mountain School is a private coeducational boarding and day school for elementary and middle school students located in Lakeville, Connecticut.
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C.
Mountain Way School
Mountain Way School is a public elementary school serving students in the Morris Plains community of New Jersey.
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D.
Moving the Mountain
Moving the Mountain is a 1911 utopian novel by feminist writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman that imagines a future American society transformed by social reform, gender equality, and rational planning.
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E.
The Mountain
The Mountain is a monumental early 20th-century painting by French artist Balthus, renowned for its enigmatic composition and dreamlike depiction of figures in a rugged alpine landscape.
- 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: East Mountain Teaching Target entity description: East Mountain Teaching was an early Chinese Chan Buddhist movement associated with the fourth patriarch Daoxin and his successors, emphasizing meditative practice and the continuous realization of Buddha-nature.
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A.
Mountaintop Campus
Mountaintop Campus is an innovative Lehigh University site known for its open, interdisciplinary research and project-based learning spaces housed in repurposed industrial buildings on South Mountain.
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B.
Indian Mountain School
Indian Mountain School is a private coeducational boarding and day school for elementary and middle school students located in Lakeville, Connecticut.
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C.
Mountain Way School
Mountain Way School is a public elementary school serving students in the Morris Plains community of New Jersey.
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D.
Moving the Mountain
Moving the Mountain is a 1911 utopian novel by feminist writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman that imagines a future American society transformed by social reform, gender equality, and rational planning.
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E.
The Mountain
The Mountain was a radical left-wing political faction during the French Revolution, known for its dominance in the National Convention and its role in the Reign of Terror.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chan Buddhist movement
ⓘ
early Chinese Buddhist school ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Dongshan Famen
ⓘ
East Mountain Dharma Gate ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Daoxin
ⓘ
Dongshan Monastery ⓘ Hongren ⓘ Mount Huangmei ⓘ |
| coreConcept |
Buddha-nature
ⓘ
linked to:
Tathagatagarbha
dhyana meditation ⓘ mindfulness of mind ⓘ non-duality ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| developedBy | Hongren ⓘ |
| doctrinalSource |
Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra
ⓘ
linked to:
Lankāvatāra Sutra
Prajñāpāramitā literature ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
continuous realization of Buddha-nature
ⓘ
meditative practice ⓘ |
| flourishedInCentury |
7th century
ⓘ
8th century ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Daoxin ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| influenced |
Japanese Zen
ⓘ
Korean Seon ⓘ
linked to:
Korean Buddhism
Northern School of Chan ⓘ Southern School of Chan ⓘ later Chinese Chan doctrine ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| patriarchNumberAssociated |
fifth Chan patriarch
ⓘ
fourth Chan patriarch ⓘ |
| practiceMethod |
mind contemplation
ⓘ
recitation and reflection on sutras ⓘ seated meditation ⓘ |
| region |
Central China
ⓘ
Hubei ⓘ
linked to:
Hubei Province
|
| relatedText |
Chuan fabao ji (Record of the Transmission of the Dharma-Treasure)
ⓘ
Lengqie Shizi Ji (Record of the Masters and Disciples of the Laṅkā) ⓘ early Chan lamp histories ⓘ |
| religiousCenter |
East Mountain (Huangmei)
ⓘ
linked to:
East Mountain (Huangmei, Hubei)
|
| religiousGoal | realization of inherent Buddha-nature ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Buddhism ⓘ |
| teachingFocus |
contemplation of mind
ⓘ
gradual cultivation ⓘ integration of meditation and daily life ⓘ |
| viewOnEnlightenment | enlightenment as ongoing realization ⓘ |
| viewOnPractice | continuous practice ⓘ |
| viewOnScriptures | use of Buddhist sutras as support for meditation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: East Mountain Teaching Description of subject: East Mountain Teaching was an early Chinese Chan Buddhist movement associated with the fourth patriarch Daoxin and his successors, emphasizing meditative practice and the continuous realization of Buddha-nature.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Fourth Patriarch
linked to: East Mountain Teaching