The waters of life flow over the self-will, and nothing is as elastic and irrepressible as the self-will of which it will be pressed upon and acquiesce to the incentives of resistance. Temperance is to appreciate and choose every little sacrifice over the vexation of a source of happiness, that is humor. Samuel Johnson defined equanimity as "evenness of mind, neither elated nor depressed." In Christian philosophy, equanimity is considered essential for carrying out the virtues of modesty, gentleness, contentment, temperance, and charity. The virtue of equanimity receives particular attention in the writings of rabbis such as Rabbi Yisroel Bal Shem Tov and Rabbi Simcha Zissel Ziv. Many Jewish thinkers highlight the importance of equanimity (Menuhat ha-Nefesh or Yishuv ha-Da'at) as a necessary foundation for moral and spiritual development. Meditation, indeed, can help to train the mind to be sensitive and flexible which results in developing and maintaining a state of composure, peace, and balance in all sorts of experiences.Ībrahamic religions Judaism From this newly developed perspective of equanimity, the mind becomes less easily disturbed and suffered from unexpected conditions and emotional states. With time and practice, it trains the mind to go from "ordinary conceptual modes of operation to greater stillness and equanimity.” In Vipassana meditation, practitioners can come to understand and see clearly into the nature of reality, the impermanence of all experience. During the meditative state, meditators can practice the technique called "single-pointed concentration" where the mind pays attention to one thought or emotion in the present moment and notices how the feeling is arising. Meditation is a contemplative practice that has been shown to associate with greater development of equanimity, allowing people to face all extreme states of mind or whatever arises at the present moment. The Buddha described a mind filled with equanimity as "abundant, exalted, immeasurable, without hostility and without ill-will."Įquanimity can also be cultivated through meditation While some may think of equanimity as dry neutrality or cool aloofness, mature equanimity produces a radiance and warmth of being. It is the ground for wisdom and freedom and the protector of compassion and love. Neither a thought nor an emotion, it is rather the steady conscious realization of reality's transience. In Buddhism, equanimity ( Pali: upekkhā Sanskrit: upekṣā) is one of the four sublime attitudes and is considered: In many Yoga traditions, the virtue of equanimity can be one of the results attained through regular meditation, combined with regular practice of pranayama, asanas and mental disciplines, which clear the mind and bring one inexorably toward a state of health and balance.
The Upeksha Yoga school foregrounds equanimity as the most important tenet of a yoga practice. It is related to the idea of Vairagya or "dispassion". Here upekṣhā is considered to be one of the four sublime attitudes, along with loving-kindness ( maitri), compassion ( karuṇā), and joy ( mudita). This is the term used by Patanjali in his Yoga Sutras (1.33). In order to possess the virtue of Samatvam, he will also need to dedicate himself to steadying the mind every moment of his yoga career." Yoga Īnother Sanskrit term for equanimity is upekṣhā. "An aspirant who treads the path to samatvam must make every effort to acquire the following essential qualities: Viveka, discrimination vairagya, dispassion shadsampat, the six virtues ( shama, mental calmness and control dama, restraint of the senses uparati, sense withdrawal or pratyahara titiksha, endurance shraddha, faith and samadhana, mental balance) and an intense desire for liberation, mumukshutva. In his book Samatvam - The Yoga of Equanimity, Swami Sivananda states: Srila Prabhupada translates this as: Perform your duty equipoised, O Arjuna, abandoning all attachment to success or failure. In Chapter Two, Verse 48 of the Bhagavad Gita one reads: yoga-sthaḥ kuru karmāṇi saṅgaṁ tyaktvā dhanañ-jaya siddhy-asiddhyoḥ samo bhūtvā samatvaṁ yoga ucyate. In Hinduism the term for equanimity is समत्व samatvam (also rendered samatva or samata). Meaning "evenness of temper" in English is from 1610s. aequanimitas) "evenness of mind, calmness," from aequus "even, level" (see equal) + animus "mind, spirit" (see animus).
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