Packet 9: Bonus 13

This concept is illustrated by the rich man who entices his children with three different toy carts or yanas, which represent the paths of the arhat, solitary buddha, and bodhisattva. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this Mahāyāna Buddhist concept of adapting teachings to fit the audience.
ANSWER: upāya-kaushalya [or skillful means; or expedient means; or fāngbiàn]
[10h] Although the rich man gives his children only the ox-cart representing Mahāyāna, this disciple of the Buddha argues that he used upāya rather than lies. This disciple is the addressee of a text translated by Xuánzàng (“shwen-dzahng”) in only 260 characters.
ANSWER: Śāriputra (“shar-ee-POO-tra”) [or Sariputta; accept Upatiṣya] (The other text is the Heart Sutra.)
[10e] According to one theory, the term Mahāyāna originally referred not to a Great Vehicle but to “Great [this].” This is the primary meaning of the similar-sounding word jñāna (“juh-NYAH-nuh”) and its cognate word gnosis.
ANSWER: knowledge [accept knowing or word forms; prompt on wisdom, awareness, or consciousness by asking “what do those words more commonly mean?”]
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HeardPPBE %M %H %
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
BrownIllinois B001010E
BruinVirginia100010M
CambridgeToronto B001010E
Chicago AColumbia A1001020ME
Chicago BNorth Carolina001010E
Columbia BOhio State001010E
Georgia Tech BStanford B001010E
Georgia Tech CIllinois A0000
IndianaHarvard1001020ME
Johns HopkinsMichigan1001020ME
Maryland BNorthwestern B001010E
NYU ANorthwestern A001010E
Penn StateNYU B001010E
PurdueCornell001010E
RutgersGeorgia Tech A0101020HE
TexasMIT100010M
UC Berkeley AStanford A10101030MHE
UC Berkeley BToronto A001010E
UCFGeorgetown001010E
UCLAPittsburgh1001020ME
VanderbiltMinnesota001010E
Virginia TechMaryland A1001020ME
WashUBritish Columbia1001020ME
WaterlooSwarthmore0000

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TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
Main Site2026-04-17✓2412.9283%38%8%