discernment (Bodhi), eloquence (Sujato), resourcefulness, understanding, wit, illumination, intelligence, readiness or confidence of speech
Translation
ingenuity
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Background
When an old yoga or meditation technique stops working, you can't just wait for someone else to hand you a script. You have to exercise some ingenuity: experimenting with analogies, shifting perspectives, and staying flexible enough to find what actually resolves the block in the moment. It's the capacity to meet a situation with the right response rather than a memorized one, and it appears among the qualities of a skilled teacher.