方便善巧 fāngbiàn shàn qiǎo
fāngbiàn shàn qiǎo
noun
skillful means; expedient means; skillful and expedient means
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: upāyakauśalya, Pali: upāyakosalla, Japanese: hōbenzengyō, Tibetan: thabs la mkhas pa (BL 'upāyakauśalya', pp. 942-943; FGDB '方便'; Powers 2007, p. 126)
Contained in
- 方便善巧为父(方便善巧為父) skillful and expedient means is the father
- 如来方便善巧呪经(如來方便善巧呪經) Saptabuddhakasūtra; Rulai Fangbian Shan Qiao Zhou Jing
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 391 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 67 , has parallel version
- Scroll 570 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 47 , has parallel version
- Scroll 3 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 44 , has parallel version
- Scroll 323 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 37 , has parallel version
- Scroll 45 Yogācāryabhūmiśāstra (Yujia Shi Di Lun) 瑜伽師地論 — count: 35
- Scroll 587 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 33 , has parallel version
- Scroll 571 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 31 , has parallel version
- Scroll 39 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 29 , has parallel version
- Scroll 3 Ratnameghasūtra (Fo Shuo Bao Yu Jing) 佛說寶雨經 — count: 28
- Scroll 473 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 28 , has parallel version
Collocations
- 方便善巧修行 (方便善巧修行) 若菩薩摩訶薩無方便善巧修行般若波羅蜜多時 — The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 37 — count: 120
- 般若波罗蜜多方便善巧 (般若波羅蜜多方便善巧) 是菩薩摩訶薩修行般若波羅蜜多方便善巧 — The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 8 — count: 108
- 方便善巧能 (方便善巧能) 復有聲聞方便善巧能敷妙法 — Aluohan Ju De Jing 佛說阿羅漢具德經, Scroll 1 — count: 49
- 方便善巧力 (方便善巧力) 菩薩摩訶薩成就方便善巧力故 — The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 105 — count: 44
- 时方便善巧 (時方便善巧) 是名諸菩薩摩訶薩修行般若波羅蜜多時方便善巧 — The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 387 — count: 32
- 方便善巧修 (方便善巧修) 若菩薩摩訶薩有方便善巧修行般若波羅蜜多時 — The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 39 — count: 32
- 成就方便善巧 (成就方便善巧) 是名出家菩薩成就方便善巧波羅蜜 — Dasheng Bensheng Xin Di Guan Jing 大乘本生心地觀經, Scroll 7 — count: 23
- 远离方便善巧 (遠離方便善巧) 遠離方便善巧力故 — The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 323 — count: 17
- 布施方便善巧 (布施方便善巧) 如是布施方便善巧能滿布施波羅蜜多 — The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 3 — count: 14
- 菩萨摩诃萨方便善巧 (菩薩摩訶薩方便善巧) 或有菩薩摩訶薩方便善巧示受五欲 — The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 4 — count: 14