Equanimity — a complement to the practices of lovingkindness and compassion

November 14, 2020

Equanimity is often taught as a complement to the practices of lovingkindness and compassion because it’s understood in Buddhist psychology that if we only practice lovingkindness and compassion, we can mistakenly get attached to the way we think things are supposed to be. We then might grasp and struggle with the world rather than serving it. Meditation can help us be steady and balanced in the midst of constant change. — Jack Kornfield

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    Jayesh Thakkar

    November 14, 2020

    If we think of attachment , the greatest attachment in our consciousness is “JIJIWISHA” (in sanskrit ) the attachment to life , in ancient Greek it is called eros ( life energy or the energy for life ) .
    It is true that equivalent response to everyone is a balanced way to live the life but imagine you are passing through a garden where there are many flowers having different fragrances and your autonomous breathing process inhaled them but there is a particular fragrance which keeps more space in your mind, will you resist then ?

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