method; skillful means; efficacious means; techniques; expedient (means); expediency; skill in means Comment: Gung-tang makes an important distinction between thabs (upāya) as compassion and thabs (upāya) as skillful means used to lead trainees by way of various techniques; he speaks from a tradition that distinguishes these two. It appears that in many Great Vehicle traditions, especially in East Asia, the two are conflated.
1) method, way, skillful means, [liberative] technique, expedient method, skillful expedient device. 2) together, {dang thabs gcig} together with. 3) abrupt, abruptly {btsan thabs} 4) way, {med thabs med pa} no way without, indispensable. 5) [about color] {nag thabs thibs} 6) opportunity, {bya thabs rnyed} to find an opportunity for action. 7) [upaya], expediency, ingenuity. means, skillfulness; way; Means, Skillful Means, method, Upaya
1) method, way, skillful means, [liberative] technique, expedient method, skillful expedient device/ method(s); 2) together, upaya [sgyu thabs, btsan thabs . tshul dang, cho ga'am lugs sam, srol,...'Tso thabs,...Sgrub thabs,...Las ka byed thabs,...Gzhan du 'gro thabs med,...Rtsis kyi snon 'phri sgyur bgod de thabs bzhi,...Stag bzhon nas gzhol thabs med pa,...Mi'i rgyu nor thabs kyis len pa,...Mgron thabs su spyan drangs]
Methods
<term> consort (male), expedient means, liberative art, means, method, skill in means, skillful means