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CHAPTER-II
TOUCH-STONE OF LIFE AND EVALUATION
OF EQUANIMITY 4
World means a combination of conscious and nonconscious elements. The nature of soul has been defined as consciousness endowed with knowledge, the consciousness has been united from times immemorial (beginningless) with inanimate body. This union becomes the fundamental basis of the formation of this universe. When soul attains purified state of formlessness by bearing corporeality of forms this state is called liberation.
Generally life means that condition with which it is
4. (Samta) : Literally means evenness, alikeness, similarity, equality,
But it has various synonyms in different fields viz. Spiritual Equality, similarity, identicalness, Homogeneity. Natural : Homogeneousness, cohesiveness, genuineness, Perceptional : Right-vision, right conception, equanimous vision, unbia
sed view: Mental
Non passion, temperateness, moderation, composure, nonattachment, no likes or dislikes, impartiality, indifference, disinterestedness, peacefulness, quiescence, sobriety, sedateness, un-perturbedness, balance of mind, equilibrium,
Equanimity, consonance, placidity, symmetry, Political : Equaliny, non-discrimination, impartiality, non-partisan
ship, Social
: Equality, similarity, non-variedness, impartiality, Distributional : Equity, equitability,
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