Parable of the Burning House
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The Parable of the Burning House is a famous Buddhist allegory from the Lotus Sūtra illustrating how the Buddha compassionately uses skillful means to lead beings out of suffering and toward enlightenment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Parable of the Burning House canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12578317 — 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: Parable of the Burning House Context triple: [Lotus Sūtra, importantChapter, Parable of the Burning House]
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A.
Parable of the Weeds
The Parable of the Weeds is a teaching of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew that uses the image of wheat and weeds growing together to illustrate the coexistence of good and evil until final judgment.
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B.
Parable of the Net
The Parable of the Net is a teaching of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew that likens the kingdom of heaven to a fishing net gathering all kinds of fish, symbolizing the final separation of the righteous from the wicked at the end of the age.
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C.
Parable of the Yeast
The Parable of the Yeast is a brief teaching of Jesus in the Gospels that uses the image of leaven working through dough to illustrate the quiet but pervasive growth of the Kingdom of Heaven.
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D.
Parable of the Hidden Treasure
The Parable of the Hidden Treasure is a brief teaching of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew that illustrates the incomparable value of the Kingdom of Heaven, likening it to a treasure so precious that a person joyfully gives up everything else to obtain it.
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E.
Burnt House
Burnt House is an archaeological site and museum in Jerusalem showcasing the remains of a first-century Jewish home destroyed during the Roman destruction of the Second Temple.
- 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: Parable of the Burning House Target entity description: The Parable of the Burning House is a famous Buddhist allegory from the Lotus Sūtra illustrating how the Buddha compassionately uses skillful means to lead beings out of suffering and toward enlightenment.
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A.
Parable of the Weeds
The Parable of the Weeds is a teaching of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew that uses the image of wheat and weeds growing together to illustrate the coexistence of good and evil until final judgment.
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B.
Parable of the Net
The Parable of the Net is a teaching of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew that likens the kingdom of heaven to a fishing net gathering all kinds of fish, symbolizing the final separation of the righteous from the wicked at the end of the age.
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C.
Parable of the Yeast
The Parable of the Yeast is a brief teaching of Jesus in the Gospels that uses the image of leaven working through dough to illustrate the quiet but pervasive growth of the Kingdom of Heaven.
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D.
Parable of the Hidden Treasure
The Parable of the Hidden Treasure is a brief teaching of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew that illustrates the incomparable value of the Kingdom of Heaven, likening it to a treasure so precious that a person joyfully gives up everything else to obtain it.
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E.
Burnt House
Burnt House is an archaeological site and museum in Jerusalem showcasing the remains of a first-century Jewish home destroyed during the Roman destruction of the Second Temple.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.