Defining Vedanā: Through the Looking Glass
The Buddhist technical term vedanā continues to elude just the right translation. Using semantic methods, scholars have argued both for and against the usual choices: feelings' and sensations'; as well as suggesting that phrases borrowed from psychology offer more semantic precision. In...
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