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 seven causes of enlightenment {byang chub yan lag bdun); neutral feeling between pleasure and suffering, neutrality, one of the four immeasurables {tshad med pa bzhi} [RY]

btang snyoms - 1) a term indicating the total (equanimous) view which comes to be revealed of this absolute(ly) innate non-connectedness, non-relatedness, and non-particularity of anything whatsoever - neither as one nor more than one to any other(s). This otherwise (and as is common and natural to the extreme) makes manifest our dualistic notions (ie., 'this, that, and other') as well as our conceptuality of particulars and/or their aggregates (skandhas). What's unnatural about such extremes is unawareness (ignorance) of such. This (total equanimity) includes but is not limited merely to opposites. 2) The infinite view which subsumes all 'things'. 3) The view in which even the term 'equality' cannot be appropriately applied, for here we have neither singularity nor plurality. As this we have neither 'one' nor 'some other(s)' by which such equality might be established. This view is 'already like this', once we come to this awareness. It's merely revealed, yet never attained...always present yet neither had nor possessed. 4) This is the view beyond, and as essence cannot not be limited by or to 'any or all-things'. Pure awareness. rig pa See also Dharmakaya; chos sku; tha mi dad pa. [RWB]

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]