Ep. 182 – Equanimity: "There in the Middleness"

Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein

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Joseph Goldstein, Mindfulness, Vipassana, Buddhism, Insightmeditation, Meditation, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 30 September 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Joseph Goldstein examines the mental factor of equanimity through the lens of the Eight Vicissitudes and the brahmavihārā.

This dharma talk from April 17, 2012, was recorded at the Insight Meditation Society and originally published on Dharma Seed.

In this lecture, Joseph:

Defines equanimity as neutrality of mind and the quality of evenness
Draws a distinction between indifference of mind and spacious impartiality
Examines the eight vicissitudes (gain and loss, praise and blame, fame and disrepute, pleasure and pain)
Considers the spiritual implications of living in servitude to the inevitably changing conditions of our lives
Places equanimity in the context of lovingkindness, compassion, and joy, i.e. the other divine abodes, or brahmavihārā
Reminds us that no situation is outside of our practice

“When we have equanimity, when both attachment and aversion are absent, then everything in our experiences becomes clear and undisguised.”

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0:33.0	When we have equanimity when both attachment and aversion are absent,
0:38.0	then everything in our experience becomes clear and undisguised. Welcome to the Joseph Goldstein Inside Hour.
1:01.0	This podcast is an expression of our shared interest in self-discovery.
1:07.0	Join Joseph as he shares his deep knowledge of the path of mindfulness. If you are interested in supporting this
1:15.3	podcast please go to be here now network.com slash Joseph. Tonight I'd like to speak about one factor of mind that plays a critical role both in terms of
1:41.0	happiness in our lives and also in the possibility of awakening of liberation.
1:50.5	From one perspective we could say that the entire path rests on the cultivation and the maturing of this one particular mental factor.
2:01.0	And this is the quality or factor of equanimity.
2:08.0	Equanimity is the translation of the poly word
2:11.2	upeka.
2:12.2	And it refers. of the
2:15.0	universal beautiful qualities. These are qualities that arise in every wholesome moment. They arise all together.
2:37.0	So for example, in every moment of mindfulness, all the other beautiful qualities of mind are present, qualities such as
2:46.8	faith, of non-greed, of generosity, of non-hatred, non-delusion, of pliancy of mind.
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