Topics Include: 1) Definition of equanimity. 2) The six forms of equanimity according to the six sense doors. 3) The role of conditioning in biasing how we respond to our experience and the role of equanimity in freeing us from our conditioning. 4) The difference between the equanimity of a householder and a renunciant or monk. 5) Equanimity as an enlightenment factor. 6) The five factors that lead to equanimity. 7) Equanimity about formations: equanimity through the understanding of dukkha, anicca, and anatta. 8) Understanding how karma operates in an impersonal way and, therefore, why there is no “self” responding to our experience.
December 31, 2022
48 min.