[Buddha-l] Prapanca

[Richard Hayes]

On Wednesday 13 February 2008 01:38, Erik Hoogcarspel wrote:

> Perhaps 'discursivity' in the sense of making a discourse would be an
> acceptable translation.

What worries me about this is that prapanca always seems to be used as a 
negative term in Buddhism. One definitely does not want to become adept at 
generating prapanca. But discursive thought is, in many schools of Buddhism, 
highly valued. It is something at which one might wish to excel.

-- 
Richard P. Hayes
Department of Philosophy
University of New Mexico
http://www.unm.edu/~rhayes