84000 Glossary of Terms
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རྣམ་གྲངས་སུ། | Glossary of Terms
རྣམ་གྲངས་སུ།
rnam grangs su
paryāya
- Term
Publications: 2
Translation by Zachary Beer
- Contextually
- རྣམ་གྲངས་སུ།
- rnam grangs su
- paryāya
Used adverbially, this term indicates that a given teaching has been skillfully adapted by the Buddha for the audience and therefore is not to be taken literally or definitively.
Translation by Gregory Forgues
- Expedient
- རྣམ་གྲངས།
- rnam grangs
- paryāya
In the sūtra, paryāya is used to denote (1) an expedient or a trick in the context of illusions produced by a magician; (2) a method, an approach through which one can practice in accordance with a teaching; or (3) a scripture, a teaching regarding a specific aspect.