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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 = Theravāda = Early Buddhism

For a critical response to some of Collins’ assertions, see this essay by Bhante Sujato.

About: Theravāda The Pāli Canon History of the Theravāda The History of Buddhism

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

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    author={Steven Collins},
    publisher={The Pali Text Society},
    address={Bristol},
    year=1990,
    journal={The Journal of the Pali Text Society},
    volume=15,
    pages={89--126},
    keywords={theravada,pali-canon,theravada-roots,roots,historiography},
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    url={https://archive.org/download/jpts-xv-1990/On%20the%20Very%20Idea%20of%20the%20Pa%CC%84li%20Canon%20-%20Steven%20Collins_text.pdf}
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