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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

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 by The Pali Text Society, Bristol.

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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},
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