Concept and Reality in Early Buddhist Thought
Description
This work focuses on two important but controversial terms found in the Buddha's discourses - papanaca and papancasanna-sankha. The author sees these terms as referring to the mind's conceptual proliferation, its tendency to create a screen of concepts by which it misinterprets the basic data of experience. He shows the characteristic Buddhist teaching of "non-self" to have new dimensions of significance, not only in the context of Buddhism but also in relation to philosophy, psychology, and ethics. Copious quotations from Buddhist texts provide increased knowledge and n...
ISBN(s)
9552401364, 9789552401367
