Equanimity
True equanimity is not a withdrawal, it is a balanced opening to all aspects of life. It is an engagement in the whole of life. It is an engagement in the whole life with composure and with balance of mind, seeing wisely the nature of all things. Although everything is empty, we must nevertheless honor the reality of form.
As Zen Master Dogen says, "Flowers fall with our attachement, and weeds spring up with our aversion." When we have touched equanimity in our heart, we can know deeply that the world of conditioned phenomenas is insubstantial, and still be fully present and in harmony with it. Equanimity embraces all of life equally: loved und unloved ones; agreeable and disagreeable things; and pleasure and pain; touching them all with balance.
aus Seeking The Heart of Wisdom, The Path of Insight Meditation
von Joseph Goldstein & Jack Kornfield, Shambala Dragon Editions
As Zen Master Dogen says, "Flowers fall with our attachement, and weeds spring up with our aversion." When we have touched equanimity in our heart, we can know deeply that the world of conditioned phenomenas is insubstantial, and still be fully present and in harmony with it. Equanimity embraces all of life equally: loved und unloved ones; agreeable and disagreeable things; and pleasure and pain; touching them all with balance.
aus Seeking The Heart of Wisdom, The Path of Insight Meditation
von Joseph Goldstein & Jack Kornfield, Shambala Dragon Editions
Belleeer - 2009-05-20 08:08
