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Definition[1]

方便波羅蜜  The perfection of expedient means (upāya-pāramitā). The consummation of the ability to lead sentient beings to the shore of liberation. One of the ten pāramitās 十波羅蜜.

Definition[2]

upāya, the seventh pāramitā.

Source
A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[3]

梵語 upāya-pāramitā。為十波羅蜜之第七。音譯漚波耶波羅蜜。又作方便善巧波羅蜜、方便勝智波羅蜜。可分迴向方便善巧、拔濟方便善巧二種。迴向方便善巧即以前六波羅蜜所集之諸善巧施與有情,並與有情共同迴向,祈求無上正等菩提;拔濟方便善巧則指方便利益濟度諸有情。前者為般若,後者為大悲。即以般若之故,乃求涅槃;以大悲之故,不捨生死。〔金光明最勝王經卷四、成唯識論卷九〕(參閱「十波羅蜜」449)

Source
佛光電子大辭典
Page
p1439
Definition[4]

方即方法,便即便宜。謂善巧方便,隨機利物,稱適緣宜也。經云:菩薩教化眾生而不猒倦,隨其心樂,而為現身說法,是名方便波羅蜜。

Source
明,一如《三藏法數》字庫
Definition[5]

(術語)十波羅蜜之第七,第七地菩薩以善巧之方便隨機利物也。

Source
丁福保《佛學大辭典》
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