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+ ---
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+ license: cc-by-4.0
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+ language:
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+ - en
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+ - sa
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+ - pi
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+ tags:
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+ - knowledge-graph
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+ - buddhism
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+ - philosophy
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+ - emptiness
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+ - madhyamaka
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+ - prajnaparamita
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+ - theravada
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+ - yogacara
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+ - nagarjuna
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+ - shantideva
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+ - computational-humanities
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+ - graph-dataset
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+ pretty_name: Emptiness Graph
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+ size_categories:
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+ - 1K<n<10K
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+ task_categories:
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+ - graph-ml
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+ - text-retrieval
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+ dataset_info:
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+ features:
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+ - name: id
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: text
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: text_id
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: concepts_mentioned
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+ sequence: string
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+ splits:
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+ - name: passages
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+ num_examples: 1126
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+ - name: concepts
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+ num_examples: 25
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+ - name: edges
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+ num_examples: 38
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+ - name: corpus_manifest
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+ num_examples: 16
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+ - name: passage_edges
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+ num_examples: 416
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+ ---
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+
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+ # Emptiness Graph
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+
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+ **A typed philosophical knowledge graph of Buddhist emptiness teachings**
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+ spanning Theravada, Prajnaparamita, Madhyamaka, and Yogacara
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+
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+ [GitHub](https://github.com/joyboseroy/emptiness-graph)
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## What This Is
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+
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+ This is not a Buddhist chatbot dataset.
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+
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+ It is a **structured philosophical graph** encoding the conceptual architecture
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+ of *sunyata* (emptiness) across the major Buddhist traditions — from the Pali
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+ Canon's *anatta* through Nagarjuna's Madhyamaka, Shantideva's dialectics,
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+ Yogacara's three-natures, and the Prajnaparamita sutras.
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+
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+ The core insight:
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+
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+ > Nagarjuna's arguments are essentially dependency analysis.
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+ > A thing exists because of other things.
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+ > Remove independent existence.
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+ > What remains is a network.
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+
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+ Emptiness (*sunyata*) is not a fact to be retrieved. It is a **relational
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+ structure** to be traversed. This graph makes that structure explicit and
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+ queryable.
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## Quick Start
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+
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+ ```python
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+ from datasets import load_dataset
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+ import networkx as nx
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+
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+ # load all splits
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+ ds = load_dataset("joyboseroy/emptiness-graph")
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+
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+ # build the philosophical graph
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+ G = nx.MultiDiGraph()
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+ for c in ds["concepts"]:
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+ G.add_node(c["id"], kind="concept", **c)
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+ for t in ds["corpus_manifest"]:
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+ G.add_node(t["id"], kind="text", **t)
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+ for e in ds["edges"]:
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+ G.add_edge(e["source"], e["target"], **e)
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+
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+ # what does the Heart Sutra refute?
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+ for u, v, data in G.edges(data=True):
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+ if u == "heart_sutra" and data["relation"] in ("refutes", "deconstructs"):
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+ print(f" {G.nodes[v]['label']} [{data['relation']}]")
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+
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+ # what implies sunyata, from which tradition?
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+ for u, v, data in G.edges(data=True):
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+ if v == "sunyata" and data["relation"] in (
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+ "is_identical_to", "is_precursor_of"):
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+ print(f" {G.nodes[u]['label']} --[{data['relation']}] ({data['tradition']})")
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+
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+ # find passages that mention a concept
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+ passages = list(ds["passages"])
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+ pedges = list(ds["passage_edges"])
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+ pids = {e["source"] for e in pedges if e["target"] == "emptiness_of_emptiness"}
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+ for p in passages:
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+ if p["id"] in pids:
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+ print(f"[{p['text_id']}] {p['text'][:200]}\n")
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+ ```
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## Dataset Splits
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+
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+ | Split | Records | Description |
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+ |-------|---------|-------------|
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+ | `concepts` | 25 | Philosophical concept nodes with Sanskrit/Pali/Tibetan terms |
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+ | `edges` | 38 | Hand-authored typed philosophical relations |
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+ | `corpus_manifest` | 16 | Source text metadata, translators, ingestion status |
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+ | `passages` | 1,126 | Text passages from 10 ingested sources |
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+ | `passage_edges` | 416 | Passage to concept mention links |
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## Two Layers
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+
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+ **Layer 1 — Philosophical graph (hand-authored)**
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+ `concepts`, `edges`, `corpus_manifest` were written by hand one record at a
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+ time. Every edge has a `notes` field with philosophical commentary explaining
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+ why the relation exists. This is the primary scholarly contribution.
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+
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+ **Layer 2 — Passage index (automated)**
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+ `passages` and `passage_edges` were produced by `build_passage_index.py`
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+ from 10 source text files. Texts were split into passages and matched against
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+ manually defined concept keyword lists.
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## Edge Relation Types (17)
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+
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+ **Ontological:** `negates` · `presupposes` · `implies` · `is_identical_to` ·
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+ `is_coextensive_with` · `depends_on` · `is_ground_of`
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+
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+ **Logical/Dialectical:** `refutes` · `extends` · `applies_method_of` · `deconstructs`
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+
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+ **Doctrinal:** `tensions_with` · `reframes_as` · `is_conventional_expression_of` ·
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+ `is_ultimate_level_of` · `is_precursor_of`
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+
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+ **Practice:** `enables` · `is_obstacle_to` · `is_antidote_to`
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## Concept Nodes (25)
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+
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+ `svabhava` · `sunyata` · `anatta` · `anatta_of_persons` · `anatta_of_dharmas`
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+ `pratityasamutpada` · `two_truths` · `two_truths_theravada` · `prasanga`
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+ `dependent_designation` · `emptiness_of_emptiness` · `alayavijnana`
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+ `three_natures` · `tathagatagarbha` · `five_aggregates` · `twelve_nidanas`
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+ `dharmadhatu` · `nonduality` · `skillful_means` · `nihilism_extreme`
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+ `eternalism_extreme` · `abhidharma_realism` · `cittamatra` · `bodhichitta`
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+ `three_kayas`
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## Sample Query Results
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+
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+ ```
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+ Heart Sutra deconstructs / refutes:
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+ Five Aggregates [deconstructs]
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+ Abhidharma Realism [refutes]
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+
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+ What implies Sunyata:
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+ Pratityasamutpada --[is_identical_to] (madhyamaka)
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+ Anatta --[is_precursor_of] (mahayana)
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+
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+ Doctrinal tensions:
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+ Tathagatagarbha <--> Sunyata
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+ Cittamatra <--> Sunyata
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+
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+ Tradition comparison on Sunyata:
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+ Theravada : Anatta [is_precursor_of]
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+ Madhyamaka : Pratityasamutpada [is_identical_to]
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+ Yogacara : Three Natures [reframes_as]
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+ Mahayana : Bodhichitta [enables]
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+ ```
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## Texts Ingested (10 of 16 planned)
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+
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+ | Text | Translator | Passages |
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+ |------|-----------|---------|
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+ | Anattalakkhana Sutta | Bhikkhu Sujato | 20 |
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+ | Milindapanha (Chariot Argument) | T.W. Rhys Davids | 23 |
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+ | Heart Sutra | Nyingma Monlam / multiple | 90 |
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+ | Diamond Sutra | Public domain | 30 |
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+ | Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita | 84000 | 119 |
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+ | Vimalakirti Sutra Ch.9 | Robert Thurman | 41 |
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+ | Samdhinirmocana Sutra | 84000 | 570 |
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+ | Mulamadhyamakakarika (Ch.1,18,22,23,24,26) | Geshe Kelsang Wangmo | 120 |
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+ | Sunyatasaptati | Christian Lindtner | 73 |
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+ | Bodhicharyavatara Ch.9 | Padmakara Translation Group | 40 |
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+
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+ All texts sourced from openly available web versions of public domain or
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+ openly licensed translations.
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## License
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+
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+ | Content | License |
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+ |---------|---------|
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+ | `concepts`, `edges`, `corpus_manifest` | CC BY 4.0 |
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+ | `passages`, `passage_edges` | CC BY-NC 4.0 (includes 84000 material) |
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+
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+ ## Citation
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+
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+ ```bibtex
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+ @dataset{bose2026emptiness,
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+ title = {Emptiness Graph: A Typed Philosophical Knowledge Graph
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+ of Buddhist Sunyata},
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+ author = {Bose, Joy},
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+ year = {2026},
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+ url = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/joyboseroy/emptiness-graph},
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+ note = {Hand-authored concept graph and automated passage index
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+ spanning Theravada, Prajnaparamita, Madhyamaka, and Yogacara}
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+ }
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+ ```