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In [[Buddhism]], '''conceptual proliferation''' ([[Pali language|Pāli]]: {{lang|pi|papañca}}; [[Sanskrit]]: {{lang|sa|prapañca}}; {{lang-zh|s=戏论|t=戲論|p=xìlùn}}; {{lang-ja|戯論}}) or, alternatively, '''mental proliferation''' or '''conceptual elaboration''', refers to conceptualization of the world through the use of ever-expanding language and concepts.<ref>Nanananda 1997, p. 4</ref> The translation of ''papañca'' as conceptual proliferation was first made by [[Katukurunde Nyanananda Thera]] in his research monograph ''Concept and Reality''.<ref>Nanananda 1997</ref>

The term is mentioned in a variety of ''[[sutra|suttas]]'' in the [[Pali canon]], such as the Madhupindika Sutta (MN 18), and is mentioned in [[Mahayana Buddhism]] as well. When referencing the concepts derived from this process, such concepts are referred to in Pali as ''papañca-saññā-sankhā''. ''Nippapañca'' is the diametrical opposition of ''papañca''.

In his latest book, Papañca to Nippapañca: Mental Proliferation to Non-Mental Proliferation, Bhante Dr. Chandima writes:

Papañca is one of the most helpful Theravāda Buddhist teachings used to understand how our thoughts become impure and the most compelling account of this subject is the Madhupiṇḍika Sutta. Since many writers don't utilize papañca when alluding to defilements, many readers discover the setting of mental purification hard to understand. If we seriously want to learn how to keep our mental purification unadulterated from defilements, we should figure out how the mental purification can be tainted through papañca.
In addition, Chandima examines the association of papañca to kilesa (defilements), upakkilesa (mental impurities), saññā (perceptions) and abhiññā (comprehensions) to find out whether or not the essential components of mental purification begin from managing papañca, or the other dhamma concepts, that can be bold for anyone who struggles to subsume defilements in modern-day life.<ref>Gangodawila 2020</ref>

==See also==
* [[Make a mountain out of a molehill]]
* [[Monkey mind]]
* ''[[Nibbāna: The Mind Stilled]]''
* [[Reification (fallacy)]]

==Notes==
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==References==
* {{Cite web |title=Papañca to Nippapañca: Mental Proliferation to Non-Mental Proliferation |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08DJ7CNK1/| last = Gangodawila | first = Chandima |access-date=23 July 2020 }}
* {{Citation | last = Ñāṇananda | first = Bhikkhu Kaṭukurunde| author-link = Katukurunde Nanananda Thera | title = Concept and Reality in Early Buddhist Thought - An Essay on Papañca and Papañca-Saññâ-Saṅkhāra | url=https://seeingthroughthenet.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/concept_and_reality.pdf | year = 2012 |orig-date= 1971 | publisher = [[Buddhist Publication Society]] | isbn = 955-24-0136-4 }}
* {{Cite web |title=Papañca-Saññā-Sankhā - An Essay |url=http://pathpress.wordpress.com/2010/08/01/papanca-sanna-sankha/ | last = Ñāṇamoli | first = Bhikkhu Ninoslav |access-date=15 October 2010 }}

==External links==
* [http://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details?num=LOC327 Exploring the Honeyball Sutta, An Alternative Nidana Chain] [https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0B1ZfslJhBbfhQ2VSNVRPdXRnQXM&export=download a more intelligible audio version]
* [http://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details?num=LOC306 Getting Away From Prapanca, The Practical Applications of the Honeyball Sutta] [https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0B1ZfslJhBbfhVThST3I0X1BBRG8&export=download a more intelligible audio version]
* [http://dharmaseed.org/teacher/44/talk/17404/ Dharma talk on papañca] by [[Christina Feldman]]

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