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Proliferation (papañca)
Unskillful qualities / Proliferation 
Part of key topic Unskillful Qualities
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Alternative translations: Objectification
Glosses: Thinking (unskillful)
Subtags: Craving, Views, Conceit
See also: Directed thought and evaluation
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Proliferation (papañca) refers both to unskillful, out-of-control thinking and to the more subtle objectification that positions a subjective self in a world of objective things.

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The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Session 48 – Mar. 18, 2015

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[Session] Readings by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo: [Proliferation] [Perception]

Sutta: MN 18: Madhupiṇḍika Sutta, The Honeyball.

“Categorical Answers,” Skill in Questions by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro, p. 85.

Sutta: AN 8.30: “Anuruddha.”

The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Session 49 – Mar. 22, 2015

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[Session] Readings by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo: [Proliferation] [Perception]

Sutta: MN 18: Madhupiṇḍika Sutta, The Honeyball.

“The Perceptual Process,” p. 222-223, 225-226 in Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization by Venerable Anālayo.

Right Speech and Living with Ourselves, Session 2 – Oct. 8, 2016

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1. Reading and commentary on MN 18: The Ball of Honey. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Conflict] [Conditionality] [Proliferation] // [Self-identity view] [Translation] [Sense bases]

Reference: Introduction to Ajahn Ṭhānissaro’s translation of MN 18.