Commentary on the Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment
E945749
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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Commentary on the Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11770699 — 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: Commentary on the Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment Context triple: [Zongmi, wrote, Commentary on the Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment]
-
A.
Lankāvatāra Sutra
The Lankāvatāra Sutra is a key Mahayana Buddhist scripture known for its teachings on mind-only philosophy, Buddha-nature, and the importance of direct experiential realization over conceptual understanding.
-
B.
Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch is a foundational Chan Buddhist scripture attributed to Huineng that expounds the doctrine of sudden enlightenment and the nature of mind.
-
C.
Diamond Sutra
The Diamond Sutra is a key Mahayana Buddhist scripture renowned for its profound teaching on emptiness and the illusory nature of phenomena, and is also one of the oldest known printed books in the world.
-
D.
Tathāgatagarbha sutras
The Tathāgatagarbha sutras are a group of Mahayana Buddhist scriptures that teach all beings possess an innate Buddha-nature, emphasizing the inherent potential for enlightenment.
-
E.
Mahāyānasaṃgraha
Mahāyānasaṃgraha is a foundational Yogācāra Buddhist treatise, traditionally attributed to Asaṅga, that systematically presents and defends key doctrines of the Mahāyāna mind-only school.
- 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: Commentary on the Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment Target entity description: 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.
-
A.
Lankāvatāra Sutra
The Lankāvatāra Sutra is a key Mahayana Buddhist scripture known for its teachings on mind-only philosophy, Buddha-nature, and the importance of direct experiential realization over conceptual understanding.
-
B.
Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch is a foundational Chan Buddhist scripture attributed to Huineng that expounds the doctrine of sudden enlightenment and the nature of mind.
-
C.
Diamond Sutra
The Diamond Sutra is a key Mahayana Buddhist scripture renowned for its profound teaching on emptiness and the illusory nature of phenomena, and is also one of the oldest known printed books in the world.
-
D.
Tathāgatagarbha sutras
The Tathāgatagarbha sutras are a group of Mahayana Buddhist scriptures that teach all beings possess an innate Buddha-nature, emphasizing the inherent potential for enlightenment.
-
E.
Mahāyānasaṃgraha
Mahāyānasaṃgraha is a foundational Yogācāra Buddhist treatise, traditionally attributed to Asaṅga, that systematically presents and defends key doctrines of the Mahāyāna mind-only school.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist commentary
ⓘ
exegesis ⓘ religious text ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
reconcile Huayan and Chan readings of the Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment
ⓘ
systematize Chan teachings using Huayan philosophy ⓘ |
| associatedSchool |
Chan
ⓘ
Huayan ⓘ
linked to:
Huayan / Kegon
Zen (Chinese Chan) ⓘ
linked to:
Chan Buddhism
|
| author |
Guifeng Zongmi
ⓘ
Zongmi ⓘ |
| authorAssociatedSchool |
Heze Chan
ⓘ
Huayan school ⓘ
linked to:
Chinese Huayan school
|
| authorIsA | Tang dynasty scholar-monk ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Tang dynasty China
ⓘ
linked to:
Tang dynasty
|
| discusses |
gradual and sudden enlightenment
ⓘ
nature of mind ⓘ practice and realization ⓘ |
| doctrineSynthesized |
Chan perspective
ⓘ
Huayan perspective ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Buddha-nature
ⓘ
linked to:
Tathagatagarbha
doctrine of perfect enlightenment ⓘ meditative practice ⓘ sudden enlightenment ⓘ |
| genre | scriptural commentary ⓘ |
| influenced |
East Asian Buddhist exegesis
ⓘ
later Chan interpretations of the Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Chan thought
ⓘ
Huayan thought ⓘ Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment ⓘ |
| philosophicalOrientation | synthesis of scholastic and meditative perspectives ⓘ |
| regardedAs | influential Buddhist exegesis ⓘ |
| regionOfInfluence | East Asia ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Mahayana Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Mahayana
|
| scripturalCategory | Mahayana sutra commentary ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| tradition | Buddhism ⓘ |
| usedIn |
doctrinal training in East Asian Buddhism
ⓘ
monastic study ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Commentary on the Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.