Concept and Reality in Early Buddhist Thought

Concept and Reality in Early Buddhist Thought is a seminal study by Bhikkhu Kaṭukurunde Ñāṇananda on the relationship between language, conceptualization, and experiential reality in the Pāli Canon. Through a careful examination of early Buddhist texts, the author explores how conceptual constructs shape human perception and how the Buddha’s teaching points beyond conceptual proliferation toward direct insight into reality. The work remains an important contribution to the philosophical study of early Buddhism.