Equanimity Philosophy and Practice

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

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lism, inanimate and animate faculty, or internal and external vision, that much bitter, crooked and troublesome will be the incongruity. As much harmony increases between these two extremes to that extent will decrease selfishness and delusion. If attachment and meum towards possession be notched, to that extent shall bloom the supreme benign disposition of equanimity equally giving pleasure to all. When there is disharmony, there is deterioration and fall. If there is dicordance between mind and speech, discordance between speech and act, then take it for granted, there will reign melancholy and affliction. From the fluidity of equanimity the real pleasure of life fountains. When myness and thy-ness disposed of then an enormous light emits in the mind. By equanimity this light is sustained in universal friendliness and peace.
Build the Life as a Real one :
Mere maintenance of breathing is not real life. A life should be decision-orient and equanimous. When the ideal of 'right determinative and equanimous' will be kept before us, then false conceptions will shatter off and the pure lustre of right knowledge, perception (faith) and right conduct will spread in all directions. Then alone will be made the right valuation of equanimity on the touch-stone of life. A real life can be successful in infusing consciousness in many living dead frames. Hence, as much effect spreads of this rejuvenation that much fresh vitality will go on blooming in all the spheres. The panacea to infuse new life into man's mind, and externally from family to whole universe, is to launch a fatal attack on all kinds of incongruities and evolve the development equanimity orient life
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