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'''Equanimity''' (Tib. ''tang nyom'') — 1. one of the [[four immeasurables]]. 2. the eighth antidote, which is the antidote to the fifth fault ([[over-application]]) in [[meditation]] practice. See [[five faults]] and [[eight antidotes]].
'''Equanimity''' (Skt. ''upekṣā''; Tib. ''tang nyom''; Wyl. ''btang snyoms'') —  
 
1. one of the [[four immeasurables]].  
 
2. the eighth antidote, which is the antidote to the fifth fault ([[over-application]]) in [[meditation]] practice. See [[five faults]] and [[eight antidotes]].
 
3. one of the [[eleven virtuous states]] among the [[fifty-one mental states]] of [[Abhidharma]] classifications.  


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Revision as of 16:01, 8 October 2008

Equanimity (Skt. upekṣā; Tib. tang nyom; Wyl. btang snyoms) —

1. one of the four immeasurables.

2. the eighth antidote, which is the antidote to the fifth fault (over-application) in meditation practice. See five faults and eight antidotes.

3. one of the eleven virtuous states among the fifty-one mental states of Abhidharma classifications.