Equanimity Philosophy and Practice

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

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remains oscillated due to the propensities of attachment and hatred (Likes and dislikes). Attachment rambles the mind on one side while hatred bewilders him to the other. Due to this, man's vision becomes unbalanced. Those whom I like, are mine and whom ! dislike are alien-this attitude easily allows disharmony in viewpoint.
For this reason Lord Mahavira first struck the blowon the fickleness (inconsistancy) of a man's mind, because this fickleness alone is the primary cause of the Bondage and Emancipation. By first obliterating attachment and aversion, the agitatedness disappears and on disappearance of perturbedness unevenness also will cease to exist, and on the withdrawal of inequal vision equanimous vision will take a shape. Vision pre-supposes a tendency and an activily pre-supposes a vision. Thus, when equanimity is at thought level it creates equanimous vision which accordingly, contributes to performing actions equanimously. The joining link between equanimous thought and action is the equanimous vision. Likewise, if we put inequanimity in place of equanimity then at all the three levels of thought, vision and action we shall witness disharmony. Inequanimity is irreal while equanimity is right and real. Equanimity at thought level is the auspicious beginning of equanimous vision which shall convert actions as equanimous acti
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in the order of Guna- oriented self-development, the basic-link is equanimous vision. It is a necessary pre-condition for both monks and householders for attaining higher stages of contemplation and spiritual development. Inner development illuminates the outer world also.