[Buddha-l] Prapanca

[Franz Metcalf]

Gang,

> Is "prapanca" the same as "papanca"? I use papanca in a more micro  
> sense
> than doctrinal commitment. I would translate it as add-on thinking.  
> When in deep
> meditation (or in normal life for the more adept), one can see  
> thoughts arise
> and fall without any "I" involvement. But, if we get involved  
> (attached) to
> this thought, we merrily go along for the ride, lose mindfulness,  
> invoke
> tanha and an  "I". This is papanca.

Jack, this is how I was using the term as well. That's why I suggested  
"Israel" as a papancagenic idea. Perhaps we're being a bit loose and  
North American here in our usage. That would be normal for me, though  
you have a worthy record of being more precise. It might be that the  
Pali papanca we are speaking of is a bit more doctrinally focused than  
the Sanskrit prapanca that Richard is more familiar with. I think one  
of Hans Gruenig's posts on this topic suggested that.

Vaguely,

Franz

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