Upaia (‘medios’) es un término sánscrito que se refiere a ‘algo que hace conseguir un objetivo’. \n* upāya en AITS (alfabeto internacional para la transliteración \n* उपाय en letra devanagari \n* Etimología: procede de la palabra upa√i. Se utiliza en el budismo budismo majaiana El término se suele utilizar con la palabra kaushalya (कौशल्य, inteligencia en el sentido de clarividencia). upaya-kaushalya significa medios de habilidad o medios hábiles. Upaya-kaushalya es un concepto que enfatiza el hecho de que los practicantes pueden utilizar su propios métodos o técnicas específicas para conseguir cesar el sufrimiento e introducir a otros en el Dharma. Esto significa que, aunque una técnica no sea verdadera en el sentido último y total, puede ser una práctica conveniente para mejorar la práctica siempre y cuando acerque al practicante a la realización.

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Upaya (Sanskrit: upāya, expedient means, pedagogy) is a term used in Mahayana Buddhism to refer to an aspect of guidance along the Buddhist Paths to liberation where a conscious, voluntary action is driven by an incomplete reasoning about its direction. Upaya is often used with kaushalya (कौशल्य, "cleverness"), upaya-kaushalya meaning "skill in means". Upaya-kaushalya is a concept emphasizing that practitioners may use their own specific methods or techniques that fit the situation in order to gain enlightenment. The implication is that even if a technique, view, etc., is not ultimately "true" in the highest sense, it may still be an expedient practice to perform or view to hold; i.e., it may bring the practitioner closer to the true realization in a similar way. The exercise of skill to which it refers, the ability to adapt one's message to the audience, is of enormous importance in the Pali Canon. The Digital Dictionary of Buddhism notes that rendering the Chinese term fangbian into English as 'skillful' or as 'expedient' is often difficult, because the connotations shift according to the context as (1) the teaching being something to marvel at — the fact that the Buddha can present these difficult truths in everyday language (thus, skillful), yet that (2) they are teachings of a lower order as compared to the ultimate truth, and are far removed from reflecting reality, and are a kind of 'stopgap' measure (thus, expedient).

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