Equanimity
Equanimity is decribed a balanced reaction to pleasure and pain which protects one from agitation. While some may think of equanimity as dry neutrality or cool aloofness, mature equanimity produces a radiance and warmth of being. The Buddha described a mind filled with equanimity as “abundant, exalted, immeasurable, without hostility and without ill-will,” thus equanimity helps prevent unwholesome kamma.
Equanimity can also be cultivated through mindfulness practice. Mindfulness trains people to face all extreme states of mind or whatever arises at the present moment without clinging.
References
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Bodhi, Bhikkhu. (2005). In The Buddha’s Words An Anthology of Discorces from the Pali Canon Chapter V. THE WAY TO A FORTUNATE REBIRTH (Location 2738). Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications.
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