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Upāya · skilful means

upāya
nature
The teaching adapts to whoever is in front of it — the father promising toy carts to get his children out of a burning house, the doctor who says what will get the medicine taken. What is said is chosen for its effect, not only for its accuracy.

The most useful and most dangerous idea in Mahāyāna: it explains why the tradition contradicts itself, and it can excuse anything.
rhymes with
sephirahhod
whyHod is the shaping of a message for a hearer — with the pack's standing caution that a doctrine of pedagogically-adjusted truth needs watching.
tags
upaya · skillful means · expedient means
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