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| upadana Clinging; the 9th link of Pratitya-Samutpada; the Ninth Twelve Nidanas |
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| Upajjhaya spiritual teacher |
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| upasaka A lay follower of Buddhism |
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| upasika A female lay follower |
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| upaya Expedient though not necessarily ultimately true. Originally used as a polemical device against other schools - calling them "merely" expedient, lacking in ultimate truth, later used against ones own school to prevent students form forming attachments to doctrines
In Mahayana, exemplified by the Lotus Sutra, upaya are the useful means that Buddhas (and Buddhist teachers) use to free beings into enlightenment |
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| upekkha equanimity |
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| urna A concave circular dot on the forehead between the eyebrows |
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Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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