御ご方ほう便べん

noun

skillful means; upaya

Buddhist term for the Buddha's skillful methods of teaching according to the audience's capacity. Honorific language.

See also: 方便

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、御ご方ほう便べんによって衆しゅ生じょうを導みちびくと説とかれる。

  In Buddhism, it is taught that sentient beings are guided through skillful means.

noun

convenience; suitability; availability

General use meaning something is convenient, suitable, or available. Often used in polite contexts.

• お時じ間かんの御ご方ほう便べんはいかがですか。

  What time would be convenient for you?

• 御ご方ほう便べんな場ば所しょに住すんでいます。

  I live in a convenient location.