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- In Buddhism, upaya (Sanskrit: उपाय, upāya, expedient means, pedagogy) is an aspect of guidance along the Buddhist paths to liberation where a conscious...
- Upaya Institute and Zen Center is a center for residential Zen practice located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and founded by Joan Halifax Roshi. The center...
- Upāya (Sanskrit: उपाय) is a Sanskrit word that means "approaches" or "ideas", "to come into any state or condition" and "to come near or towards". It...
- male figure is usually linked to comp****ion (karuṇā) and skillful means (upāya-kauśalya), while the female partner is linked to "wisdom" (prajñā). Yab-yum...
- with Shakti being his active counterpart: Shiva as Prajña and Shakti as Upāya. In Mahayana Buddhism, Shiva is depicted as Maheshvara, a deva living in...
- ("transcendent knowledge" or "perfection of wisdom") and skillful means (upāya). In Theravāda Buddhism, the bodhisattva is mainly seen as an exceptional...
- Shinto and Zen represented by Kagyu Shenpen Kunchab, Kōbun Chino Otogawa, Upaya Institute and Zen Center. Likewise, Holism is represented in New Mexico...
- (reality). As such, doctrinal teachings are just another skillful means (upaya) which can help one attain awakening. They are not the goal of Zen, nor...
- and spirituality. She currently serves as abbot and guiding teacher of Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a Zen Peacemaker community which she...
- to the needs of different beings (a doctrine called "skillful means" - upaya). The Lotus Sūtra states that Avalokiteśvara can take many different forms...