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Keywords: prajna, expedient, mahayana, sanskrit, buddhist

Means for attaining salvation (Moksha)

Any skilful means, e.g. meditation on loving kindness, to overcome anger.

skill in means” – array of expedient devices employed by bodhisattvas to enlighten beings trapped in suffering existence. Upaya becomes deified as the male member of a bipolar relationship – with the female prajna (“wisdom”).

trimondi.de

(Skt.) Means, methods, techniques; in full upaya-kaushalya, "skillful means," referring to the Buddhaís ability to teach appropriately for any student.

pages.cthome.net

literally`skillful means`. Buddhist practitioners aspire to use skillful means in all situations.

ayl.com.au

(Sanskrit) A means, device or method; Mahayana terms for practical means to a spiritual end.

buddhanet.net

( Skt.): Also called skillful means. The vajrayana notion of compassion, denoting the spontaneous activity arising from a realized being for the benefit of others.

bodhipath-west.org

("means"): in Buddhist yoga, the practice of compassion (karuna); cf. prajna

yjmag.com

Upaya (Sanskrit: à¤‰à¤ªà¤¾à¤¯) is a term in Mahayana Buddhism which is often translated as "means", though literally "expedient" would be more accurate, as "upaya" (from upaâˆši) refers to something which goes or brings you up to something (i.e., a goal).

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