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Q&A Does the use of a new concept require a prior definition?

In my novel I have written this line; At your deepest core the buddha nature is waiting quietly for you. Now Buddha-nature is a complex concept to understand. If the reader is not savvy about...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by codeNewbie‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T12:37:19Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/47082
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar codeNewbie‭ · 2019-12-08T12:37:19Z (almost 5 years ago)
In my novel I have written this line;

> At your deepest core the **buddha nature** is waiting quietly for you.

Now Buddha-nature is a complex concept to understand. If the reader is not savvy about religious concepts it might confuse the reader.

However, a prior explanation would make the novel like a textbook as I don't have any plot that might lead me to explain that concept to the MC or any other character.

How do you handle the introduction of a concept and its use?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-08-03T09:28:03Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 6