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	Upaya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thinking about how he may use expedient means, the man tells his children that he has arranged for a them to receive gilded carts and toy oxen play with, and that these entertainments await just outside the gate of the house.
		The most important concept in skill in means is the use, guided by wisdom and compassion, of a specific teaching (means) geared to the particular audience taught.
		The idea is that a bodhisattva or practitioner may use any expedient methods in order to help ease the suffering of people, introduce them to the dharma, or help them on their road to nirvana.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Upaya (584 words)

	Lecture 7
		Profound significance is attached to the expedient means of the Lotus Sutra.
		By contrast, the expedient of the Lotus Sutra is not an expedient that ought to be discarded; it is the teaching of the truth.
		In the opening of the "Expedient Means" chapter, we are told that the wisdom of the Buddhas is infinitely profound and immeasurable, and difficult for all voice-hearers and pratyekabuddhas to comprehend.
	www.buddhistinformation.com /the_lotus_sutra_study_center/lecture_7.htm (2152 words)

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		Expedient Means chapter is what we recite in our Gongyo A Expedient Means is the title of Chapter 2 of the lotus sutra.
		Various means of Expedient Means Tientai further classify Expedient Means into three types : Functional teaching expedient — which leads to temporary immediate benefit Truth gateway expedient — represent all aspect of leading people to the truth Secret and mystic expedient - The state of Buddhahood.
		The third expedient represent from the state of Buddhahood back to everyday reality which is enlightenment in the real world, it’s like coming back from the ceremony of the air back to the Eagle peak.
	www.stanford.edu /group/wpb/sdmtg2004may1.doc (871 words)

	Chapter Two
		It was a truth-gateway expedient in that it directed the followers of the two vehicles to the truth, yet at the same time it also had the aspect of a functional-teaching expedient in that it brought them the benefit of awakening them from their self-absorption.
		T'ien-t'ai described functional-teaching and truth-gateway expedients as "expedients outside the body of truth," and the secret and mystic expedient as "an expedient identical to the body of truth." In other words, the first two types of expedients stand outside the wisdom of the Buddha, while the latter is one and the same as the truth.
		In the Hoben [Expedient Means] chapter of the Lotus Sutra, in the section that concisely reveals the replacement of the three vehicles with the one vehicle, the Buddha briefly explained the concept of the three thousand realms in a single moment of life, the doctrine that he had kept in mind for his final revelation.
	www.buddhistinformation.com /the_lotus_sutra_study_center/wisdom_of_the_lotus_sutra_number_2.htm (19587 words)

	Beliefnet.com
		Expedient means that I take...using the work I am involved with and my living situation to "connect".
		A competent Buddhist teacher would tell you to find the expedient means that work for you OR to learn to see the function/purpose underneath the ritualized activity (for example, rhythymic sutra chanting is a great device to focus concentration and still the mind).
		Catholic mystics would argue that the ritualized functions and postures of the Mass are expedient means to bring the worshipper to a certain mindset of submission and devotion to God - thus preparing the worshipper for Communion in the proper spiritual frame.
	www.beliefnet.com /boards/message_list.asp?boardID=8218&discussionID=477306 (1004 words)

	Lest We Forget: Are Institutional Orphan Homes Expedient? ~ James P. Needham (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Again today from the camps of the innovators the cry of expediency is heard under the same guise in an all out effort to promote organizations and operations of the same nature as those of yesteryear.
		Webster says expediency means, "Cultivation of, or adherence to, expedient means and methods." Expediency, then, has to do "means and methods " that is, the manner or way in which a given work is accomplished.
		In order for a thing to be expedient then, it must be in harmony with the law generally, and yet, a thing may be in harmony with the general law and be inexpedient due to the results its use may produce.
	www.watchmanmag.com /0408/040819.htm (1157 words)

	MySpace.com
		Excerpted (and mildly adapted) from the Expedient Means chapter of the Lotus Sutra translated by Burton Watson [pg 26-35].
		Through the power of expedient means (they show those who seek to escape the bonds of suffering and to attain nirvana) the teachings of the three vehicles, prying (them)loose from this or that attachment and allowing them to attain release.
		The Buddhas of the past used countless numbers of expedient means, various causes and conditions and words of simile and parable in order to expound the doctrines...These doctrines are all for the sake of the one Buddha vehicle...by listening to the doctrines of the Buddhas, all are eventually able to attain wisdom embracing all species.
	forum.myspace.com /INDEX.CFM?FUSEACTION=MESSAGEBOARD.VIEWTHREAD&ENTRYID=602194&CATEGORYID=0&ISSTICKY=0&GROUPID=100002500 (2272 words)

	SGI-USA-STUDY
		When we recite the "Expedient Means" and "Life Span" chapters during gongyo, we do so not from the standpoint of the Lotus Sutra of the Former or Middle Day of the Law but from that of Nichiren Daishonin's teaching of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.
		When you also recite the "Expedient Means" and "Life Span" chapters, it has the supplementary function of increasing and accelerating the beneficial power of the primary practice.
		Nichikan explains that we read the "Expedient Means" chapter to "refute" its surface meaning and "borrow" its phrases, and that we read the "Life Span" chapter to "refute" its surface meaning and "use" the profound meaning implicit in the chapter.
	www.sgi-usa-study.org /gongyo.htm (2040 words)

	Meditation on The Burning House
		The main message of the parable of the Burning House is that one should use expedient means in order to save others from their ignorance, even if that means lying or explaining something in a way that is not true for all times and places and people.
		Expedient means can be thought of like an analogy - expedient means don't directly state the truth, but indirectly point to, or provide an example of, the truth.
		The story is an analogy to teach the importance and efficacy of expedient means and to imply that expedient means are frequently used in Buddhism.
	mcel.pacificu.edu /mcel/omm/B1571.htm (159 words)

	Standard Gongyo Practice
		It was agreed that reciting the essential portions of the "Expedient Means" and "Life Span" chapters of the Lotus Sutra, commonly referred to as Parts A and C, will be the new SGI standard gongyo practice.
		It is clear that Nichiren Daishonin encouraged the recitation of the "Expedient Means" (Hoben) and "Life Span" (Juryo) chapters in addition to the primary practice of chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo; but he did not prescribe a specific format or number of repetitions for the sutra recitation.
		For such purposes, gongyo shall mean recitation of the essential portions of the "Expedient Means" chapter (part A), and the verse (jigage) section of the "Life Span" chapter (part C), plus the offering of silent prayers and chanting of daimoku.
	www.sgi-usa.org /thesgiusa/newmembers/gongyo/PLN-020.html (1525 words)

	E-sangha, Buddhist Forum and Buddhism Forum -> Sokkamon Sho (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		When the Tathagata explained and caused (the beings] to hear this, by means of the power of their enlightenment to the good and evil occurring in dreams, they were for the first time enabled to hear and know of the principle of the true aspect that is the waking reality of the original mind.
		By means of the instruction set forth in the words and language of the sutras and treatises, which are like the fan and the trees, the sacred teachings cause people to awaken to and know the principle of the original mind, which is like the moon and the wind.
		The meaning here is that sequence of ignorance and karma formations from the past life; along with consciousness, name and form, the six sense fields, contact, sensation, craving, grasping and becoming in the present life; together form the cause for birth, and henceforth for old age and death, in the future life.
	www.lioncity.net /buddhism/index.php?showtopic=5455 (15297 words)

	Buddha & expedient means or skill-in-means - Lotus Sutra
		Buddha & expedient means or skill-in-means - Lotus Sutra
		Hence skill-in-means is ultimately an instrument of compassion which means that no individual is denied the dharma or teaching.
		One interpretation that all Buddhist teachings are merely conceptual frameworks to aid the practitioner towards enlightenment.
	www.age-of-the-sage.org /buddhism/skill-in-means.html (223 words)

	Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism
		The seven expedient means belong to the level of ordinary practitioners.
		Seven expedients or expedient means, a concept set forth by the T'ien-t'ai school.
		In this context, the seven expedient means also refer to the seven stages or levels attained by these practitioners.
	www.sgi-usa.org /buddhism/dictionary/define?tid=2328 (274 words)

	Teachings on the Expedient Path of Buddhist Practice
		The expedient means for them to practice is thus to concentrate on contemplating and recollecting the Buddha, especially the Amitabha Buddha, and to transfer the immeasurable virtues accumulated through this practice for taking rebirth in the Land of Ultimate Bliss.
		Such practices involving the recollection of the Buddha on the Expedient Path, such as paying reverence to the Buddha; making a frank confession of one’s mistakes and asking for pardon; rejoicing in the merits of others, transference of merits etc., all become skilful means for overcoming unwholesome karma (s.
		Recollection of Buddha on the Expedient Path of Buddhist Practice is a consistent feature of the training of a Bodhisattva throughout its various phases.
	www.buddhanet.net /cbp2_f8.htm (1083 words)

	Expedients (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Expedients, as you might guess, is a broad topic.
		Kitchen would be expedient IF we had a command to eat at the building.
		It is also expedient that we take this time to offer an invitation.
	www.southsidecoc.org /Expedients.htm (775 words)

	Lectures on the Eight-fold Path
		Because they are expedient means, we must read the warning on the label before taking them and thus avoid the trap of clinging to the hulls after the seeds have begun to sprout.
		These rules and expedients are like the strong arms of a father who helps his children stand erect and balance themselves when they are first learning to walk, but who cannot forever hold the child lest his own inner sense of balance remain undeveloped.
		In Chinese, Maitri is explained with four characters which literally mean "loving without the measure of the mind." This is different from the term compassion as we presently use and understand it and it is for this reason, this lacking of the essential flavor, that many Buddhist practitioners have made subtle but serious errors.
	www.dragonflower.org /eightfold.html (11425 words)

	bible.org: ISBE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		EXPEDIENT - eks-pe'-di-ent (sumphero): The Greek word translated "expedient" (sumphero) means literally, "to bear or bring together"; with a personal reference, "to be well or profitable." In the New Testament it never means "profitable" or "convenient" as opposed to what is strictly right.
		It is translated "expedient" (Jn 11:50, "it is expedient for us," the Revised Version (British and American) "for you"; Jn 16:7, "It is expedient for you that I go away," i.e.
		In Mt 19:10, instead of "not good to marry," the Revised Version (British and American) has "not expedient." The modern sense of "expediency" as "hastening" or "acceleration," is not found in the New Testament, any more than its bad sense of "mere convenience." "Nothing but the right can ever be expedient" (Whately).
	www.bible.org /isbe.asp?id=3300 (220 words)

	FanFiction.Net : Dictionary & Thesaurus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		That to which one resorts orr on which one depends for supply or support; means of overcoming a difficulty; resort; expedient.
		Pecuniary means; funds; money, or any property that can be converted into supplies; available means or capabilities of any kind.
		[1913 Webster] Scotland by no means escaped the fate ordained for every country which is connected, but not incorporated, with another country of greater resources.
	www.fanfiction.net /dictionary.php?word=resource (109 words)

	E-sangha, Buddhist Forum and Buddhism Forum -> Is a gohonzan nescessary?
		It is an expedient means; an extremely valuable and highly effective one, but still an expedient means.
		The Gohonzon is much more than an expedient means because it is the Object of Worship, and the correct depiction of Ichinen Sanzen.
		An expedient leads one to the truth by tricking the person into practice, while the Gohonzon is a representation of the truth, hence, not an expedient means.
	www.lioncity.net /buddhism/index.php?showtopic=13702 (1180 words)

	The Imagery of Nichiren's Lotus Sutra
		The whole character means a person stands up and removes those from a burning house (suffering) quickly.
		Because the house is ablaze and the armed (capable) person uses the quickest means possible, this character is commonly translated as "expedient".
		It means a decree or a profound, important, universal teaching.
	www.gakkaionline.net /Imagery/HobenPon.html (639 words)

	Upaya in the Lotus Sutra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Upaya is referred to as "expedient means", which forms the subject of an entire chapter of this Sutra.
		In this chapter, the use of expedient means to explain a single truth, is explained repeatedly to Shariputra.
		In one formulation: "there is only the Law of the one vehicle........except when the Buddha preaches so as an expedient means, merely employing provisional names and terms in order to conduct and guide living beings and preach to them the Buddha wisdom." (Watson, pg.
	www.writing.uct.ac.za /htessay/essay_upaya.htm (171 words)

	thabs - RangjungYesheWiki
		1) method, way, skillful means, [liberative] technique, expedient method, skillful expedient device.
		upaya, ethically-positive action, efficacy, way, beneficial expediency, method (the instructions of spiritual friends), opportunity, chance, possibility, manner, mode, means, measures, ritualistic observances, means, way, methods particle, skillful means.
		1) method, way, skillful means, [liberative] technique, expedient method, skillful expedient device/ method(s); 2) together, upaya sgyu thabs, btsan thabs.
	rywiki.tsadra.org /index.php/thabs (135 words)

	World Peace Buddhists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Expedient Means chapter is what we recite in our Gongyo A
		Expedient Means is the title of Chapter 2 of the lotus sutra.
		Finally, let’s conclude with the quote from Lu Xun, the greatest Chinese writer in the last century “In life it’s a joy to nurture others, even though doing so shedding one drop of blood in a time, one grow weaker and frailer”.
	www.stanford.edu /group/wpb/sdmtg2004may01.html (847 words)

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		For the buyer, it means that he is prepared to buy, has his financing arranged and can bid now.
		It also means that his limit is established so there is no problem with knowing whether he can or cannot conclude the sale in a timely manner.
		For the seller it means that the property he wishes sold will be in someone else's hands within a matter of days, and he will be free to move on to other commitments.
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	Expediency (9) ~ Stan Cox
		Jesus did not specify the means of going, so the disciples had discretion in fulfilling the command.
		While it is always acceptable to use an expedient means of fulfilling a command of God, too often men have sought to justify unscriptural practices by an appeal to "expediency." Some will say that as long as a command or work is being done, the means by which it is done is an expediency.
		When a person uses an instrument, he is not using an expedient, but rather engaging in musical worship which is different and unauthorized.
	www.watchmanmag.com /0610/061010.htm (721 words)

	SGI - Buddhism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Literally means "assiduous practice." In the SGI, gongyo means to recite part of the "Expedient Means" (2nd) chapter and the "The Life Span of the Thus Come One" (16th) chapter of the Lotus Sutra in front of the Gohonzon.
		The Expedient Means chapter reveals that there is no separation between the lives of ordinary people and the life of the Buddha.
		The Life Span chapter clarifies that the Buddha's life--all life--is eternal, and that his wish is for all people to attain the same life-condition as himself.
	www.sgi.org /english/Buddhism/gongyo.htm (130 words)

	Dharma Realm Buddhist Association - Dharma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		That is an example of a an expedient method.
		Or else they spoke of neither abiding in birth and death nor abiding in nirvana, causing them not to become attached to either the conditioned or the unconditioned.
		Alternative: device, stratagem, means, skill-in-means, skillful means, provisional dharmas, skill in expedients, able management/diplomacy.
	www.drba.org /dharma/btts/9xxentrydetail.asp?wid=106 (467 words)

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