Upekkha

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | 276 words | Copyright

Upekkha (Pāli, ‘equanimity’). Fundamental Buddhist state of equilibrium in the mind. It is one of the seven constituents of enlightenment, and one of the four cardinal virtues (with metta, karuṇā, muditā), which controls the other three.

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