Quotes About Equanimity

It took all their common sense and philosophy to face life these days. The two are synonymous.

Bear shame and glory with an equal peace and an ever tranquil heart.

The self-controlled soul, who moves amongst sense objects, free from either attachment or repulsion, he wins eternal Peace.

I am in that temper that if I were under water I would scarcely kick to come to the top.

A lot of people on holiday get very intolerant of things that go wrong, but getting wound up about the plane being late won't make it come any sooner.

Underreact to a problem

The lay reader, who knows only what the biographer tells him, reads . . . in a state of bovine equanimity.

Death need not be sad, it should be a matter of indifference.

Maybe you never stop feeling like an eight-year-old in front of your parents. You resolve to be your mature self, to react in this considered way rather than that elemental way, to breathe evenly from the bottom of your stomach and to see your parents as equals, but within five minutes your intentions are blown to hell, and you're babbling and screaming in rage like an angry child.

No, seriously, I really don't have much ill-will toward anyone these days; I just ignore the people that I dislike.

While I am in this world, I am resolved that no vexation shall put me out of temper if I can possibly command myself. Even old age, which is making strides towards me, shall not prevail to make me peevish.

You look at the tree and you allow it. You see why it is the way it is.

Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity.

Things aren't bad or good. They just are.

Under stress, they seek composure above all. But they do not find equanimity.

It's fine to sometimes use these archetypes as a conduit to get information from the depths, but I recommend that you mostly use them as a conduit to bring clarity and equanimity to the depths. Become fascinated with how they move, and less tripped out with what they mean.

He then said something even more mind-boggling. "As a general principle, any positive state that you experience within the context of silent sitting practice, you must try to attain in the midst of ordinary life.

you can actually taste the sources of unhappiness breaking up….The taste of purification can't be put into words, but its acquisition marks the transition to a mature spiritual palate…There is a taste that comes about, when a person experiences pleasure or pain with equanimity. It doesn't matter if…emotions or physical pain exist. Every moment of the future will become marginally less filled with suffering and more fulfilling….

Pain was simply pain, pleasure was simply pleasure; for him they were no longer part of the cycle of suffering.

Within this world of likes and dislikes, we do not perceive the myriad dharmas as they really are.

First of all, I'm over sixty. And second of all, I'm the sort of fellow to whom life and death are the same.

Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.

In your big mind, everything has the same value...In your practice you should accept everything as it is, giving to each thing the same respect given to a Buddha. Here there is Buddhahood

When you are practicing zazen, do not try to stop your thinking. Let it stop by itself. If something comes into your mind, let it come in, and let it go out. It will not stay long. When you try to stop your thinking, it means you are bothered by it. Do not be bothered by anything... if you are not bothered by the waves, gradually they will become calmer and calmer.