What is it about?
This is an extended critique, rather than merely a review, of this well-known work of Buddhist philosophy.
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Why is it important?
Concept and Reality has been influential in Buddhist scholarship, translations of primary texts and popular Buddhism. However, the thesis itself is unclear in many details and translations of early texts sometimes overly interpretive. This "Assessment" is an attempt to explicate what the author may have intended to say while pointing out problems of translation and interpretation.
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This page is a summary of: Ñāṇananda’s Concept and Reality: An Assessment, Buddhist Studies Review, May 2017, Equinox Publishing,
DOI: 10.1558/bsrv.28845.
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