
The Skilful Means of Vimalakirti
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The Four Sangha-Havastus
The Sangha-Havastus are the way in which a Bodhisattva improves and perfects his practice of skillful means. There's another set of four called the Pratisamvids that can be translated like analytical knowledge is, analytical wisdom. And there's another set called the Dharanese or the magical incantations. Practicing those, he practicesskillful means. I'd love to go through all of them but I suspect knowing the way I go on, I'll just have to stay with the Sangha-havastus which are perhaps the most accessible.
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