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On the Very Idea of the Pali Canon

By Steven Collins

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We must reject the facile equation Pali Canon = Theravada = Early Buddhism

Theravāda Buddhism The Pāli Canon

Published in 1990 in The Journal of the Pali Text Society.

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    title={{O}n the {V}ery {I}dea of the {P}ali {C}anon},
    author={Steven Collins},
    year=1990,
    journal={The Journal of the Pali Text Society},
    volume=15,
    pages={89--126},
    keywords={theravada, pali-canon, theravada-roots, historiography},
    ranking={rank4},
    url={https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/idea-of-the-pali-canon_collins-steven}
}

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