Equanimity Philosophy and Practice

Author(s): Nanesh Acharya
Publisher: Agam Ahimsa Samta Evam Prakrit Samsthan

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An individual should be self controlled and also controlled by the society. Both these procedures should be geared up to bring evenness in a society. This only will be the meaningfulness of the relations between an individual and society. In order to remove unevenness both these controls should be sufficiently potential.
Equanimity Dwells at the Root of Human Mind :
Every human being desires to make his life prosperous and he efforts for it, but today's dilemma is that an opulent person placed amidst all kinds of anomalies is not happy, as also an indigent is unhappy and the attainment of peace has become an ardous task. The reason for this is that a man even having comprehended his goal goes ahead with the means contrary to the said objective, how can he then expect pickles by sowing thistles ?
Equanimity is at the root of man's mind-by neglecting it when he proceeds in the opposite direction his misery starts.
Comprehend his basic tendency by an illustration. Four persons, together, were invited to meals. Porridge was served in first man's dish, pudding in second one's, only a loaf of wheat in third one's and a millet loaf in the fourth one's dish. In such a case whether all the four sitting together will be able to dine peacefully? The upper one will squirm with pride against the lower one. While the lower one will groan under discrimination. Contrary to this, if all are served with the millet loaves, they will lovingly take the meals. Hence, if we deeply think our this matter, we will find that the things do not become the cause of a man's
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