Conceptual proliferation
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Conceptual proliferation
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In Buddhism, conceptual proliferation or, alternatively, mental proliferation or conceptual elaboration, refers to conceptualization of the world through language and concepts which can then be a cause for suffering to arise. The translation of papañca as conceptual proliferation was first made by Katukurunde Nyanananda Thera in his research monograph Concept and Reality. The term is mentioned in a variety of suttas in the Pali canon, such as the Madhupindika Sutta, and is mentioned in Mahayana
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2008-08-25T03:40:35Z
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2024-08-29T18:46:38Z
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