Ten Stages of the Development of Mind

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Buddhist treatise Shingon Buddhist text religious text

Ten Stages of the Development of Mind is a seminal Buddhist treatise by Kobo Daishi that systematically outlines progressive levels of spiritual and mental awakening.

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Label	Occurrences
Ten Stages of the Development of Mind canonical	3
Treatise on the Ten Stages of the Development of Mind	2

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3568695 — 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.

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Target entity: Ten Stages of the Development of Mind
Context triple: [Kobo Daishi, notableWork, Ten Stages of the Development of Mind]

A. Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind
Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind is an influential 1829 work of associationist psychology and philosophy by James Mill that systematically examines mental processes through the principles of association.
B. The Concept of Mind
The Concept of Mind is a 1949 philosophical work by Gilbert Ryle that critiques Cartesian dualism and introduces the idea of mental concepts as dispositions rather than inner ghostly states.
C. The Large, the Small and the Human Mind
The Large, the Small and the Human Mind is a philosophical and scientific book exploring the nature of reality, consciousness, and the relationship between quantum mechanics, cosmology, and human understanding.
D. Kinds of Minds
Kinds of Minds is a philosophical work by Daniel Dennett that explores the nature and varieties of consciousness and intelligence across humans, animals, and machines.
E. Modes of Thought
Modes of Thought is a later philosophical work by Alfred North Whitehead that further develops his process philosophy and reflections on science, metaphysics, and human experience.
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: Ten Stages of the Development of Mind
Target entity description: Ten Stages of the Development of Mind is a seminal Buddhist treatise by Kobo Daishi that systematically outlines progressive levels of spiritual and mental awakening.

A. Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind
Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind is an influential 1829 work of associationist psychology and philosophy by James Mill that systematically examines mental processes through the principles of association.
B. The Concept of Mind
The Concept of Mind is a 1949 philosophical work by Gilbert Ryle that critiques Cartesian dualism and introduces the idea of mental concepts as dispositions rather than inner ghostly states.
C. The Large, the Small and the Human Mind
The Large, the Small and the Human Mind is a philosophical and scientific book exploring the nature of reality, consciousness, and the relationship between quantum mechanics, cosmology, and human understanding.
D. Kinds of Minds
Kinds of Minds is a philosophical work by Daniel Dennett that explores the nature and varieties of consciousness and intelligence across humans, animals, and machines.
E. Modes of Thought
Modes of Thought is a later philosophical work by Alfred North Whitehead that further develops his process philosophy and reflections on science, metaphysics, and human experience.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist treatise ⓘ Shingon Buddhist text ⓘ religious text ⓘ
aimsTo	systematize Buddhist paths of practice ⓘ
associatedWith	Japanese Buddhism ⓘ esoteric Buddhism ⓘ linked to: Vajrayana
author	Kobo Daishi ⓘ Kukai ⓘ
centuryOfComposition	9th century ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Japan ⓘ
describes	progressive levels of mental development ⓘ progressive levels of spiritual awakening ⓘ
focusesOn	criteria for spiritual maturity ⓘ hierarchy of mental states ⓘ
genre	doctrinal treatise ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Jūjūshinron ⓘ Treatise on the Ten Stages of the Mind ⓘ linked to: Yogācārabhūmi Śāstra
hasPart	ten stages ⓘ
historicalContext	early Heian period Japan ⓘ
influenced	Japanese Buddhist scholasticism ⓘ later Shingon doctrinal classifications ⓘ
influencedBy	Chinese Buddhist thought ⓘ Mahayana Buddhism ⓘ linked to: Mahayana
intendedAudience	Buddhist practitioners ⓘ Buddhist scholars ⓘ
keyConcept	gradual cultivation ⓘ hierarchical spiritual stages ⓘ tenfold classification of minds ⓘ
language	Classical Chinese ⓘ Classical Japanese ⓘ
locatedInCanon	Shingon doctrinal corpus ⓘ
mainTopic	mental awakening ⓘ spiritual development ⓘ stages of the mind ⓘ
philosophicalTradition	Japanese Buddhist philosophy ⓘ
purpose	to guide practitioners toward enlightenment ⓘ to map the evolution of consciousness ⓘ
relatedWork	Kukai’s esoteric commentaries ⓘ Shingon doctrinal classifications of stages ⓘ
religiousPerspective	esoteric Mahayana ⓘ
religiousSchool	Shingon Buddhism ⓘ
religiousTradition	Buddhism ⓘ
studiedIn	Buddhist studies ⓘ Japanese religious history ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kobo Daishi → notableWork → Ten Stages of the Development of Mind ⓘ

Kūkai → notableWork → Ten Stages of the Development of Mind ⓘ

subject linked to: Kukai

Kūkai → notableWork → Treatise on the Ten Stages of the Development of Mind ⓘ

subject linked to: Kukai

linked to: Ten Stages of the Development of Mind

Kūkai → wrote → Ten Stages of the Development of Mind ⓘ

Kūkai → wrote → Treatise on the Ten Stages of the Development of Mind ⓘ