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EQUANIMITY

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THE CAUSES OF NON-EQUANIMITY

  • Desires, hatred, arrogance, jealousy, selfishness, suspicions

  • Ignorance of not understanding the truth of “self” and all phenomena

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THE PRACTICES OF EQUANIMITY IN BUDDHISM

  • The Four Immeasurable

  • The Noble Eightfold Path

  • The Four Foundation of Mindfulness

  • The Seven Factors to Enlightenment

  • The Six Paramita

  • The Three Studies – precepts, concentration, wisdom

One way to start practising equanimity is to reduce our self-centredness.

Through this, we'll be able to treat others more equally and see everyone (including ourselves) as equals.

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HOW TO REDUCE SELF-CENTREDNESS IN OUR DAILY LIVES?

  1. Be mindful when the following thoughts arise in ourselves. They are the arising of self-ego. Reflect and learn to dissolve the thoughts. :

    • Why I should do this for others?

    • Why am I always the one doing things for others?

    • I don’t want others’ help. I can do everything by myself.

  2. Appreciate what others have done for us and have sense of gratitude to others

  3. Appreciate that it is with the support of many causes and conditions that allow ourselves to be what we are today. Thus, we should be modest about ourselves.

  4. In a living community

    • If we are able to relate to the Buddha’s teachings and reflect on ourselves, working together with others in a community is a good venue for us to learn to reduce our self-centredness

    • Always be considerate and respectful to one another

    • Learn to listen to others’ views and suggestions objectively

    • Appreciate differences and learn from one another

    • Always reflect on our selfishness, self-views, self-arrogance, hence reduce self-centredness

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