Upeksa, also upekkha in Pali, is the Buddhist concept of equanimity. It is one of the four Brahmavihara (sublime states), which is a subset of Kammatthana. The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... A replica of an ancient statue of Gautama Buddha, found from Sarnath, near Varanasi Buddhism is a religion and philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, SiddhÄrtha Gautama, a prince of the Shakyas, whose lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 486 BCE. Buddhism gradually spread from India... BrahmaviharÄ (Pali and Sanskrit) can be translated as Sublime Attitudes or Abodes of God. ... In Buddhism, kammatthana is a Pali word (Sanskrit: karmasthana) which literally means the place of work, figuratively it means the place within the mind where one goes in order to work on spiritual development. ...
Equanimity is a balanced state of mind characterized by lack of strong attachment to attractions (desires) and repulsions (aversions). It might be compared to the eye of a storm. Eye of Typhoon Odessa, Pacific Ocean, August 1985 The eyewall is the region of a tropical cyclone where the winds are the highest, the clouds reach furthest into the atmosphere and the precipitation is the heaviest. ...
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Equanimity (upekkha) by the Venerable Nyanaponika Thera.
Equanimity is the final term of the four divine abodes, and could also be called the finale.
Equanimity, however, is the feeling of even-mindedness in the face of both suffering and joy.
Then begin to cultivate equanimity for yourself by considering the both the good and bad things that you have experienced and how all these things are passing manifestations of causes and conditions which are not fixed and have no substance.
To establish equanimity as an unshakable state of mind, one has to give up all possessive thoughts of "mine", beginning with little things from which it is easy to detach oneself, and gradually working up to possessions and aims to which one's whole heart clings.
Equanimity is the crown and culmination of the four sublime states.
But this should not be understood to mean that equanimity is the nega-tion of love, compassion, and sympathetic joy, or that it leaves them behind as inferior.
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