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A Perfect Balance

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A two-part article from Tricycle titled "A Perfect Balance." Gil Fronsdal explores the Pāli terms upekkha and tatramajjhattata, presenting equanimity as an inner stability and balance that protects against the eight worldly winds rather than a state of cold detachment, and offers seven supports for cultivating it. Sayadaw U Pandita approaches equanimity from a Theravada vipassana perspective, emphasizing moment-to-moment mindfulness as the primary method, and outlines five practical supports including cultivating balanced attitudes toward beings and things, avoiding those with excessive attachment, and inclining the mind deliberately toward balance.

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Fronsdal, Gil, and Sayadaw U Paṇḍita. "A Perfect Balance." Tricycle: The Buddhist Review 15, no. 2 (Winter 2005). https://tricycle.org/magazine/cultivate-equanimity/.

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