Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sutra

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Buddhist scripture Mahayana Buddhist sutra religious text

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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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sūtra	3
Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa	1
Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sutra canonical	1
Vimalakīrti Sūtra	1
Vimalakīrti-nirdeśa-sūtra	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2624310 — 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: Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sutra
Context triple: [Mahayana sutras, includesText, Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sutra]

A. 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.
B. Heart Sutra
The Heart Sutra is a brief but foundational Mahayana Buddhist scripture that distills the doctrine of emptiness and is widely chanted and studied across East Asian and Tibetan Buddhist traditions.
C. 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.
D. Avataṃsaka Sutra (Flower Ornament Sutra)
The Avataṃsaka Sutra (Flower Ornament Sutra) is a monumental Mahayana Buddhist scripture renowned for its vast, visionary depiction of the cosmos and the interpenetration of all phenomena, especially influential in East Asian Buddhism.
E. 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.
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: Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sutra
Target entity description: 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.

A. 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.
B. Heart Sutra
The Heart Sutra is a brief but foundational Mahayana Buddhist scripture that distills the doctrine of emptiness and is widely chanted and studied across East Asian and Tibetan Buddhist traditions.
C. 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.
D. Avataṃsaka Sutra (Flower Ornament Sutra)
The Avataṃsaka Sutra (Flower Ornament Sutra) is a monumental Mahayana Buddhist scripture renowned for its vast, visionary depiction of the cosmos and the interpenetration of all phenomena, especially influential in East Asian Buddhism.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist scripture ⓘ Mahayana Buddhist sutra ⓘ religious text ⓘ
alternativeName	Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa ⓘ linked to: Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sutra Vimalakīrti Sūtra ⓘ linked to: Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sutra Vimalakīrti-nirdeśa-sūtra ⓘ linked to: Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sutra
associatedWith	Chan Buddhism ⓘ Chinese Buddhism ⓘ Tiantai school ⓘ
centralFigure	Vimalakīrti ⓘ
containsEpisode	Buddha-land made pure chapter ⓘ Vimalakīrti’s feigned illness ⓘ goddess and Śāriputra dialogue ⓘ inconceivable liberation chapter ⓘ silence of Vimalakīrti on non-duality ⓘ
doctrineType	Prajñāpāramitā-related teaching ⓘ
emphasizes	equality of lay and monastic practitioners ⓘ lay bodhisattva ideal ⓘ skillful means ⓘ
extantLanguage	Classical Chinese ⓘ Tibetan ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Avalokiteśvara ⓘ Mañjuśrī ⓘ linked to: Manjushri Vimalakīrti ⓘ Śākyamuni Buddha ⓘ linked to: Shakyamuni Buddha Śāriputra ⓘ
focusesOn	emptiness ⓘ non-duality ⓘ
genre	Mahāyāna sūtra ⓘ
illustrates	paradoxical and humorous teaching style ⓘ
influenced	East Asian Buddhist thought ⓘ concept of lay enlightenment in Buddhism ⓘ
languageOfOriginal	Sanskrit ⓘ
regionOfProminence	China ⓘ Japan ⓘ Korea ⓘ Tibet ⓘ linked to: Tibet Autonomous Region
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
setting	Vaiśālī ⓘ
subjectOf	Tibetan Buddhist commentaries ⓘ commentaries by Chinese Buddhist masters ⓘ
teaches	emptiness of all dharmas ⓘ emptiness of gender distinctions ⓘ inconceivable liberation ⓘ non-dual wisdom ⓘ non-duality of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa ⓘ
tradition	Mahayana Buddhism ⓘ linked to: Mahayana

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