Equanimity

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btang snyoms - 1) equanimity, impartiality, indifference, unconcern, evenmindedness, apathy [as one of the eleven virtuous mental states]. 2) to ignore, disregard, be careless, indifferent, neutral; impartial; 3) {mnyam par gzhag pa'i tshe bying rgod sogs kyis mi nyams par rtsol med mnyam nyid du 'jug pa} pure state of equanimity; one of the {byang chub yan lag bdun} the seven causes of enlightenment; neutral feeling between pleasure and suffering, neutrality, one of the four immeasurables {tshad med pa bzhi} [RY]

btang snyoms - 1) equanimity [middle not falling into partialities of enemy and friend, pleasure and pain passion and aggression etc.]; 2) [one of the dge ba'i sems byung bcu gcig} in body and mind la w/o doing harm ('dod kyang med), body and mind also w/o performance of excellent virtue and benefit (pas 'grogs pa'am phrad par 'dod pa yang med do); 3) [one of the four bhrama viharas (tsangs pa'i gnas pa bzhi), equanimity toward sentient beings w/o near and far, an antidote for passion and aggression [one of the 11 virtuous mental states, 1 of the byang chub yan lag bdun - the 7 limbs or causes of enlightenment] impartiality, indifference, unconcern, even mindedness ignore, disregard, be careless indifferent, impartial [in meditation entering into effortless equanimity undamaged by discursiveness and wildness and so forth in meditation, w/o experiencing drowsiness or discursiveness etc., entering into effortless equality] [IW]

btang snyoms - equanimity; apathy/ indifference [RB]

btang snyoms - even-mindedness, indifference, equanimity, careless, equilibrium, purposeless, indifferent, without any object in view, even treatment of all things, perfect apathy, perfect impartiality [JV]