upaya
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- Practitioners believe that understanding upaya can help them find the most effective path to enlightenment.
Examples
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The teacher used upaya to guide her students toward deeper understanding during meditation practice.
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Whereas in orthodox systems the methods (upaya) give rise to insight (prajna) or wisdom, in the unorthodox systems there is no difference between wisdom and method.
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Last weekend, I sat a one-day retreat at Upaya Zen Center.
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Upaya is a beautiful and gentle place, but their sesshin is Soto-rigorous.
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Once we begin the standard talk about these positions being heuristic devices (upaya) that provide the appropriate adjustment for people at different points in their spiritual growth.
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Within these traditions, spiritual inquiry is viewed as a method or device (upaya) for helping students see through the illusions of egoism and self-centeredness.
Academic text (1994) -
I recently visited Halifax Roshi's Upaya Center for a Dogen Symposium and was delighted to discover quite a few people in their 20s who were diligently working, studying, and practicing.
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In Buddhist philosophy, upaya involves adapting teachings to meet the unique needs of each individual.
How Skillful
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Etymology
Upaya comes from the Sanskrit upāya, where upa- means 'near', so it originally meant a 'near way' to bring someone closer to a goal. That's why upaya in Buddhism means a skillful method teachers use to guide others toward 'enlightenment'.