marathon monks of Mount Hiei
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The marathon monks of Mount Hiei are Tendai Buddhist ascetics renowned for undertaking the grueling multi-year kaihōgyō practice, which involves thousands of miles of walking meditation around Japan’s Mount Hiei as a path to enlightenment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| marathon monks of Mount Hiei canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10058972 — 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: marathon monks of Mount Hiei Context triple: [Enryaku-ji, associatedWith, marathon monks of Mount Hiei]
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A.
Father of All Monks
Father of All Monks is an honorific title given to Anthony the Great, recognizing him as a pioneering founder and model of Christian monasticism.
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B.
Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage
The Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage is a historic Buddhist pilgrimage route in Japan consisting of 33 temples dedicated to Kannon, the bodhisattva of compassion, across the Kansai region.
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C.
Sokushin jōbutsu gi
Sokushin jōbutsu gi is a seminal esoteric Buddhist treatise by Kōbō Daishi that expounds the doctrine of attaining Buddhahood in this very body.
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D.
Heiga Zen
Heiga Zen is a researcher in speech synthesis and machine learning, known for helping develop Google's WaveNet neural network for generating raw audio.
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E.
Moment of Zen
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- 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: marathon monks of Mount Hiei Target entity description: The marathon monks of Mount Hiei are Tendai Buddhist ascetics renowned for undertaking the grueling multi-year kaihōgyō practice, which involves thousands of miles of walking meditation around Japan’s Mount Hiei as a path to enlightenment.
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A.
Father of All Monks
Father of All Monks is an honorific title given to Anthony the Great, recognizing him as a pioneering founder and model of Christian monasticism.
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B.
Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage
The Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage is a historic Buddhist pilgrimage route in Japan consisting of 33 temples dedicated to Kannon, the bodhisattva of compassion, across the Kansai region.
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C.
Sokushin jōbutsu gi
Sokushin jōbutsu gi is a seminal esoteric Buddhist treatise by Kōbō Daishi that expounds the doctrine of attaining Buddhahood in this very body.
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D.
Heiga Zen
Heiga Zen is a researcher in speech synthesis and machine learning, known for helping develop Google's WaveNet neural network for generating raw audio.
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E.
Moment of Zen
Moment of Zen is the brief, often humorous or absurd closing clip that traditionally ends episodes of The Daily Show.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist ascetic group
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Tendai monk ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Enryaku-ji
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Mount Hiei temple complex ⓘ
linked to:
Hieizan Enryaku-ji temple complex
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| basedAt | Enryaku-ji ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalRole | symbol of spiritual endurance in Japan ⓘ |
| denomination | Tendai Buddhism ⓘ |
| ethicalFocus |
compassion
ⓘ
overcoming ego ⓘ selflessness ⓘ |
| goal | enlightenment ⓘ |
| hasReputationFor |
devotion to enlightenment path
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extraordinary stamina ⓘ extreme ascetic discipline ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Heian period origins ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Japanese mountain asceticism
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Shugendō traditions ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Mount Hiei ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Kyoto
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Shiga Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage |
subject of books on endurance and spirituality
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subject of documentaries ⓘ |
| notableFor |
kaihōgyō endurance ritual
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long-distance walking practice ⓘ multi-year ascetic training ⓘ |
| partOf |
Tendai monastic community
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linked to:
Japanese Tendai school
|
| practices |
asceticism
ⓘ
kaihōgyō ⓘ walking meditation ⓘ |
| region | Kansai region ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| requires |
exceptional physical endurance
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strong mental discipline ⓘ years of preparation ⓘ |
| spiritualPracticeType |
austerity practice
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meditative walking ⓘ pilgrimage ⓘ |
| tradition | Tendai ascetic practice ⓘ |
| trainingIncludes |
chanting
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daily long-distance walking ⓘ meditation ⓘ ritual observances ⓘ |
| vows |
celibacy
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obedience ⓘ poverty ⓘ strict ascetic vows ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: marathon monks of Mount Hiei Description of subject: The marathon monks of Mount Hiei are Tendai Buddhist ascetics renowned for undertaking the grueling multi-year kaihōgyō practice, which involves thousands of miles of walking meditation around Japan’s Mount Hiei as a path to enlightenment.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.