Buddhist Fire Sermon (Ādittapariyāya Sutta)
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The Buddhist Fire Sermon (Ādittapariyāya Sutta) is a foundational discourse of the Buddha that uses the metaphor of fire to teach the impermanence and unsatisfactoriness of sensory experience and the path to liberation through dispassion.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Buddhist Fire Sermon (Ādittapariyāya Sutta) canonical | 1 |
| Ādittapariyāya Sutta | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4951838 — 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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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Buddhist Fire Sermon (Ādittapariyāya Sutta) Context triple: [The Fire Sermon, references, Buddhist Fire Sermon (Ādittapariyāya Sutta)]
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A.
Turning of the Wheel of Dharma
Turning of the Wheel of Dharma refers to the Buddha’s first sermon at Sarnath, which inaugurated the formal teaching of Buddhism and set in motion the core doctrines of the Dharma.
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B.
Vajrasekhara Sutra
The Vajrasekhara Sutra is a key esoteric Buddhist tantra that, together with the Mahavairocana Sutra, forms a primary doctrinal foundation for Shingon Buddhism’s ritual and cosmological system.
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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.
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D.
Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sutra
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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E.
The Buddha and His Dhamma
The Buddha and His Dhamma is a seminal 1957 book by B. R. Ambedkar that presents a rationalist, socially engaged reinterpretation of Buddhism, especially focused on its relevance for the oppressed in modern India.
- 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: Buddhist Fire Sermon (Ādittapariyāya Sutta) Target entity description: The Buddhist Fire Sermon (Ādittapariyāya Sutta) is a foundational discourse of the Buddha that uses the metaphor of fire to teach the impermanence and unsatisfactoriness of sensory experience and the path to liberation through dispassion.
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A.
Turning of the Wheel of Dharma
Turning of the Wheel of Dharma refers to the Buddha’s first sermon at Sarnath, which inaugurated the formal teaching of Buddhism and set in motion the core doctrines of the Dharma.
-
B.
Vajrasekhara Sutra
The Vajrasekhara Sutra is a key esoteric Buddhist tantra that, together with the Mahavairocana Sutra, forms a primary doctrinal foundation for Shingon Buddhism’s ritual and cosmological system.
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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.
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D.
Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sutra
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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E.
The Buddha and His Dhamma
The Buddha and His Dhamma is a seminal 1957 book by B. R. Ambedkar that presents a rationalist, socially engaged reinterpretation of Buddhism, especially focused on its relevance for the oppressed in modern India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist sutta
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Pali Canon discourse ⓘ early Buddhist text ⓘ |
| associatedPractice |
contemplation of the sense bases
ⓘ
insight meditation (vipassanā) ⓘ |
| attributedTo |
Gautama Buddha
ⓘ
linked to:
Shakyamuni Buddha
|
| audience | a thousand former fire-worshipping ascetics ⓘ |
| canonicalCollection |
Pali Canon (Tipiṭaka)
ⓘ
linked to:
the Pali Canon
|
| collection | Khandha Saṃyutta ⓘ |
| doctrinalPoint |
all conditioned phenomena are burning with the fires of greed, hatred, and delusion
ⓘ
disenchantment (nibbidā) leads to dispassion ⓘ dispassion leads to liberation ⓘ knowledge and vision of liberation (vimuttiñāṇadassana) ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
contact (phassa)
ⓘ
feeling (vedanā) ⓘ sense consciousness ⓘ six external sense objects ⓘ six internal sense bases ⓘ |
| genre |
religious discourse
ⓘ
sermon ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Fire Sermon
ⓘ
Ādittapariyāya Sutta ⓘ
linked to:
Buddhist Fire Sermon (Ādittapariyāya Sutta)
|
| historicalContext | early period of the Buddha’s teaching career ⓘ |
| historicalSetting | delivered at Gaya Head (Gayasīsa) ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
later Buddhist teachings on sense restraint
ⓘ
modern Buddhist meditation instructions on sense experience ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
direct knowledge leading to liberation
ⓘ
renunciation of attachment to the senses ⓘ three fires of greed, hatred, and delusion ⓘ |
| language | Pali ⓘ |
| partOf |
Saṃyutta Nikāya
ⓘ
linked to:
Sutta Pitaka
Sutta Piṭaka ⓘ
linked to:
Sutta Pitaka
|
| preservedIn |
Pali Tipiṭaka manuscripts
ⓘ
linked to:
Tripitaka
|
| primaryTheme |
dispassion (virāga)
ⓘ
impermanence (anicca) ⓘ liberation (nibbāna) ⓘ non-self (anattā) ⓘ unsatisfactoriness (dukkha) ⓘ |
| resultForAudience | attainment of arahantship ⓘ |
| scripturalStatus | canonical ⓘ |
| studiedBy | scholars of early Buddhism ⓘ |
| studiedIn | Buddhist monastic education ⓘ |
| teaches |
cessation of craving
ⓘ
detachment from sensory experience ⓘ sense bases are burning with passion, aversion, and delusion ⓘ |
| tradition |
Theravāda Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Theravada
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| usesMetaphor | fire ⓘ |
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Subject: Buddhist Fire Sermon (Ādittapariyāya Sutta) Description of subject: The Buddhist Fire Sermon (Ādittapariyāya Sutta) is a foundational discourse of the Buddha that uses the metaphor of fire to teach the impermanence and unsatisfactoriness of sensory experience and the path to liberation through dispassion.
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linked to: Buddhist Fire Sermon (Ādittapariyāya Sutta)