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  1. #Equanimity #calm #Interview Rethinking Equanimity: Margaret Cullen on Equanimity and Quiet Strength: A conversation about how equanimity appears across contemplative traditions and everyday life, and the ideas behind Cullen's new book, Quiet Strength.

    The post Rethinking Equanimity: Margaret Cullen on Equanimity and Quiet Strength appeared first on Mindful. dlvr.it/TRQ10m

  2. So much guidance right now asks for extremes: panic or transcendence.

    This week turns toward something more humane. Instead of an emotional off-switch, it practises small, repeatable gestures that soften intensity — noticing, pausing, loosening. Wisdom here doesn’t erase feeling. It creates space within it.

    Read the article : substack.com/home/post/p-17941

    #DustyDimmerSwitch #Equanimity #NervousSystemCare

  3. So much guidance right now asks for extremes: panic or transcendence.

    This week turns toward something more humane. Instead of an emotional off-switch, it practises small, repeatable gestures that soften intensity — noticing, pausing, loosening. Wisdom here doesn’t erase feeling. It creates space within it.

    Read the article : substack.com/home/post/p-17941

    #DustyDimmerSwitch #Equanimity #NervousSystemCare

  4. So much guidance right now asks for extremes: panic or transcendence.

    This week turns toward something more humane. Instead of an emotional off-switch, it practises small, repeatable gestures that soften intensity — noticing, pausing, loosening. Wisdom here doesn’t erase feeling. It creates space within it.

    Read the article : substack.com/home/post/p-17941

    #DustyDimmerSwitch #Equanimity #NervousSystemCare

  5. So much guidance right now asks for extremes: panic or transcendence.

    This week turns toward something more humane. Instead of an emotional off-switch, it practises small, repeatable gestures that soften intensity — noticing, pausing, loosening. Wisdom here doesn’t erase feeling. It creates space within it.

    Read the article : substack.com/home/post/p-17941

    #DustyDimmerSwitch #Equanimity #NervousSystemCare

  6. Review of "Lovingkindness" (4 stars): A Good Manual of IMS-Style Brahmavihārā Practice

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  7. Review of "Lovingkindness" (4 stars): A Good Manual of IMS-Style Brahmavihārā Practice

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  8. Review of "Lovingkindness" (4 stars): A Good Manual of IMS-Style Brahmavihārā Practice

    bookrastinating.com/user/Sasu/

  9. Review of "Lovingkindness" (4 stars): A Good Manual of IMS-Style Brahmavihārā Practice

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  10. A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

    The first rule is, to keep an untroubled spirit; for all things must bow to Nature’s law, and soon enough you must vanish into nothingness, like Hadrian and Augustus. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are, remembering that it is your duty to be a good man. Do without flinching what man’s nature demands; say what seems to you most just — though with courtesy, modesty, and sincerity.
     
    [Τὸ πρῶτον μὴ ταράσσου: πάντα γὰρ κατὰ τὴν τοῦ ὅλου φύσιν καὶ ὀλίγου χρόνου οὐδεὶς οὐδαμοῦ ἔσῃ, ὥσπερ οὐδὲ Ἁδριανὸς οὐδὲ Αὔγουστος. ἔπειτα ἀτενίσας εἰς τὸ πρᾶγμα ἴδε αὐτὸ καὶ συμμνημονεύσας ὅτι ἀγαθόν σε ἄνθρωπον εἶναι δεῖ καὶ τί τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἡ φύσις ἀπαιτεῖ, πρᾶξον τοῦτο ἀμεταστρεπτὶ καὶ εἰπέ, ὡς δικαιότατον φαίνεταί σοι: μόνον εὐμενῶς καὶ αἰδημόνως καὶ ἀνυποκρίτως.]

    Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
    Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 8, ch. 5 (8.5) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]

    More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2676…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #marcusaureliusmeditations #acceptance #anxiety #calm #duty #equanimity #fatalism #inevitability #integrity #justice #kindness #modesty #sincerity #tranquility #truth #understanding

  11. A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

    The first rule is, to keep an untroubled spirit; for all things must bow to Nature’s law, and soon enough you must vanish into nothingness, like Hadrian and Augustus. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are, remembering that it is your duty to be a good man. Do without flinching what man’s nature demands; say what seems to you most just — though with courtesy, modesty, and sincerity.
     
    [Τὸ πρῶτον μὴ ταράσσου: πάντα γὰρ κατὰ τὴν τοῦ ὅλου φύσιν καὶ ὀλίγου χρόνου οὐδεὶς οὐδαμοῦ ἔσῃ, ὥσπερ οὐδὲ Ἁδριανὸς οὐδὲ Αὔγουστος. ἔπειτα ἀτενίσας εἰς τὸ πρᾶγμα ἴδε αὐτὸ καὶ συμμνημονεύσας ὅτι ἀγαθόν σε ἄνθρωπον εἶναι δεῖ καὶ τί τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἡ φύσις ἀπαιτεῖ, πρᾶξον τοῦτο ἀμεταστρεπτὶ καὶ εἰπέ, ὡς δικαιότατον φαίνεταί σοι: μόνον εὐμενῶς καὶ αἰδημόνως καὶ ἀνυποκρίτως.]

    Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
    Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 8, ch. 5 (8.5) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]

    More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2676…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #marcusaureliusmeditations #acceptance #anxiety #calm #duty #equanimity #fatalism #inevitability #integrity #justice #kindness #modesty #sincerity #tranquility #truth #understanding

  12. A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

    The first rule is, to keep an untroubled spirit; for all things must bow to Nature’s law, and soon enough you must vanish into nothingness, like Hadrian and Augustus. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are, remembering that it is your duty to be a good man. Do without flinching what man’s nature demands; say what seems to you most just — though with courtesy, modesty, and sincerity.
     
    [Τὸ πρῶτον μὴ ταράσσου: πάντα γὰρ κατὰ τὴν τοῦ ὅλου φύσιν καὶ ὀλίγου χρόνου οὐδεὶς οὐδαμοῦ ἔσῃ, ὥσπερ οὐδὲ Ἁδριανὸς οὐδὲ Αὔγουστος. ἔπειτα ἀτενίσας εἰς τὸ πρᾶγμα ἴδε αὐτὸ καὶ συμμνημονεύσας ὅτι ἀγαθόν σε ἄνθρωπον εἶναι δεῖ καὶ τί τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἡ φύσις ἀπαιτεῖ, πρᾶξον τοῦτο ἀμεταστρεπτὶ καὶ εἰπέ, ὡς δικαιότατον φαίνεταί σοι: μόνον εὐμενῶς καὶ αἰδημόνως καὶ ἀνυποκρίτως.]

    Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
    Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 8, ch. 5 (8.5) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]

    More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2676…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #marcusaureliusmeditations #acceptance #anxiety #calm #duty #equanimity #fatalism #inevitability #integrity #justice #kindness #modesty #sincerity #tranquility #truth #understanding

  13. A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

    The first rule is, to keep an untroubled spirit; for all things must bow to Nature’s law, and soon enough you must vanish into nothingness, like Hadrian and Augustus. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are, remembering that it is your duty to be a good man. Do without flinching what man’s nature demands; say what seems to you most just — though with courtesy, modesty, and sincerity.
     
    [Τὸ πρῶτον μὴ ταράσσου: πάντα γὰρ κατὰ τὴν τοῦ ὅλου φύσιν καὶ ὀλίγου χρόνου οὐδεὶς οὐδαμοῦ ἔσῃ, ὥσπερ οὐδὲ Ἁδριανὸς οὐδὲ Αὔγουστος. ἔπειτα ἀτενίσας εἰς τὸ πρᾶγμα ἴδε αὐτὸ καὶ συμμνημονεύσας ὅτι ἀγαθόν σε ἄνθρωπον εἶναι δεῖ καὶ τί τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἡ φύσις ἀπαιτεῖ, πρᾶξον τοῦτο ἀμεταστρεπτὶ καὶ εἰπέ, ὡς δικαιότατον φαίνεταί σοι: μόνον εὐμενῶς καὶ αἰδημόνως καὶ ἀνυποκρίτως.]

    Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
    Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 8, ch. 5 (8.5) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]

    More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2676…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #marcusaureliusmeditations #acceptance #anxiety #calm #duty #equanimity #fatalism #inevitability #integrity #justice #kindness #modesty #sincerity #tranquility #truth #understanding

  14. A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

    The first rule is, to keep an untroubled spirit; for all things must bow to Nature’s law, and soon enough you must vanish into nothingness, like Hadrian and Augustus. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are, remembering that it is your duty to be a good man. Do without flinching what man’s nature demands; say what seems to you most just — though with courtesy, modesty, and sincerity.
     
    [Τὸ πρῶτον μὴ ταράσσου: πάντα γὰρ κατὰ τὴν τοῦ ὅλου φύσιν καὶ ὀλίγου χρόνου οὐδεὶς οὐδαμοῦ ἔσῃ, ὥσπερ οὐδὲ Ἁδριανὸς οὐδὲ Αὔγουστος. ἔπειτα ἀτενίσας εἰς τὸ πρᾶγμα ἴδε αὐτὸ καὶ συμμνημονεύσας ὅτι ἀγαθόν σε ἄνθρωπον εἶναι δεῖ καὶ τί τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἡ φύσις ἀπαιτεῖ, πρᾶξον τοῦτο ἀμεταστρεπτὶ καὶ εἰπέ, ὡς δικαιότατον φαίνεταί σοι: μόνον εὐμενῶς καὶ αἰδημόνως καὶ ἀνυποκρίτως.]

    Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
    Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 8, ch. 5 (8.5) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]

    More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2676…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #marcusaureliusmeditations #acceptance #anxiety #calm #duty #equanimity #fatalism #inevitability #integrity #justice #kindness #modesty #sincerity #tranquility #truth #understanding

  15. #Gaman (我慢) in #Zen #Buddhism signifies enduring patience and dignified perseverance. Unlike passive resignation, it is active endurance rooted in clarity and acceptance. Gaman cultivates #equanimity and resilience, reflecting the Buddhist ideal of meeting adversity without complaint or resistance.

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  16. #Heijōshin (平常心), or "everyday mind", is a central #Zen concept denoting mental #equanimity that is natural, integrated, and non-dualistic. Unlike states of #samādhi or #kenshō, it emphasizes #awakening within ordinary life, challenging spiritual exceptionalism and affirming liberation in daily experience.

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  17. #Heijōshin (平常心), or "everyday mind", is a central #Zen concept denoting mental #equanimity that is natural, integrated, and non-dualistic. Unlike states of #samādhi or #kenshō, it emphasizes #awakening within ordinary life, challenging spiritual exceptionalism and affirming liberation in daily experience.

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  18. #Heijōshin (平常心), or "everyday mind", is a central #Zen concept denoting mental #equanimity that is natural, integrated, and non-dualistic. Unlike states of #samādhi or #kenshō, it emphasizes #awakening within ordinary life, challenging spiritual exceptionalism and affirming liberation in daily experience.

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  19. #Heijōshin (平常心), or "everyday mind", is a central #Zen concept denoting mental #equanimity that is natural, integrated, and non-dualistic. Unlike states of #samādhi or #kenshō, it emphasizes #awakening within ordinary life, challenging spiritual exceptionalism and affirming liberation in daily experience.

    🌍 fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_

    #WeekendStories #Buddhism

  20. #Heijōshin (平常心), or "everyday mind", is a central #Zen concept denoting mental #equanimity that is natural, integrated, and non-dualistic. Unlike states of #samādhi or #kenshō, it emphasizes #awakening within ordinary life, challenging spiritual exceptionalism and affirming liberation in daily experience.

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    #WeekendStories #Buddhism

  21. #Fudōshin (不動心), the "immovable mind", is a central #Zen concept denoting inner stability and #equanimity amid change. Rooted in Buddhist teachings on #impermanence (#anicca) and non-self (#anatta), it embodies resilience not through suppression, but through adaptive presence and non-reactivity. In this post, we briefly explore its significance in Zen practice and philosophy.

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    #WeekendStories #Buddhism

  22. #Fudōshin (不動心), the "immovable mind", is a central #Zen concept denoting inner stability and #equanimity amid change. Rooted in Buddhist teachings on #impermanence (#anicca) and non-self (#anatta), it embodies resilience not through suppression, but through adaptive presence and non-reactivity. In this post, we briefly explore its significance in Zen practice and philosophy.

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    #WeekendStories #Buddhism

  23. #Fudōshin (不動心), the "immovable mind", is a central #Zen concept denoting inner stability and #equanimity amid change. Rooted in Buddhist teachings on #impermanence (#anicca) and non-self (#anatta), it embodies resilience not through suppression, but through adaptive presence and non-reactivity. In this post, we briefly explore its significance in Zen practice and philosophy.

    🌍 fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_

    #WeekendStories #Buddhism

  24. #Fudōshin (不動心), the "immovable mind", is a central #Zen concept denoting inner stability and #equanimity amid change. Rooted in Buddhist teachings on #impermanence (#anicca) and non-self (#anatta), it embodies resilience not through suppression, but through adaptive presence and non-reactivity. In this post, we briefly explore its significance in Zen practice and philosophy.

    🌍 fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_

    #WeekendStories #Buddhism

  25. #Fudōshin (不動心), the "immovable mind", is a central #Zen concept denoting inner stability and #equanimity amid change. Rooted in Buddhist teachings on #impermanence (#anicca) and non-self (#anatta), it embodies resilience not through suppression, but through adaptive presence and non-reactivity. In this post, we briefly explore its significance in Zen practice and philosophy.

    🌍 fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_

    #WeekendStories #Buddhism

  26. #Mushin (無心), the #Zen state of "#NoMind", denotes a mind free from grasping and reactivity, enabling spontaneous, lucid action. Unlike mere blankness, mushin embodies refined #awareness and non-conceptual clarity, aligning with Buddhist ideals of #equanimity and #NonSelf (#anatta). Exceptional in linking #meditative insight to everyday activity. Here is a brief overview of its meaning and practice in Zen.

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    #WeekendStories #Buddhism

  27. #Mushin (無心), the #Zen state of "#NoMind", denotes a mind free from grasping and reactivity, enabling spontaneous, lucid action. Unlike mere blankness, mushin embodies refined #awareness and non-conceptual clarity, aligning with Buddhist ideals of #equanimity and #NonSelf (#anatta). Exceptional in linking #meditative insight to everyday activity. Here is a brief overview of its meaning and practice in Zen.

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    #WeekendStories #Buddhism

  28. #Mushin (無心), the #Zen state of "#NoMind", denotes a mind free from grasping and reactivity, enabling spontaneous, lucid action. Unlike mere blankness, mushin embodies refined #awareness and non-conceptual clarity, aligning with Buddhist ideals of #equanimity and #NonSelf (#anatta). Exceptional in linking #meditative insight to everyday activity. Here is a brief overview of its meaning and practice in Zen.

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    #WeekendStories #Buddhism

  29. #Mushin (無心), the #Zen state of "#NoMind", denotes a mind free from grasping and reactivity, enabling spontaneous, lucid action. Unlike mere blankness, mushin embodies refined #awareness and non-conceptual clarity, aligning with Buddhist ideals of #equanimity and #NonSelf (#anatta). Exceptional in linking #meditative insight to everyday activity. Here is a brief overview of its meaning and practice in Zen.

    🌍 fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_

    #WeekendStories #Buddhism

  30. #Mushin (無心), the #Zen state of "#NoMind", denotes a mind free from grasping and reactivity, enabling spontaneous, lucid action. Unlike mere blankness, mushin embodies refined #awareness and non-conceptual clarity, aligning with Buddhist ideals of #equanimity and #NonSelf (#anatta). Exceptional in linking #meditative insight to everyday activity. Here is a brief overview of its meaning and practice in Zen.

    🌍 fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_

    #WeekendStories #Buddhism

  31. #Zen practice emphasizes dynamic #MentalStates — such as #NonThinking (#hishiryō), #NoMind (#mushin), #equanimity (#fudōshin), and beginner's mind (#shoshin) — as expressions of Buddhist insight. These qualities arise through embodied #meditation, non-attachment, and integration of #mindfulness in #DailyLife. Here is a brief overview of the key mental states valued in Zen practice. In the coming days, I’ll post detailed exposés on each.

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    #WeekendStories #Buddhism

  32. #Zen practice emphasizes dynamic #MentalStates — such as #NonThinking (#hishiryō), #NoMind (#mushin), #equanimity (#fudōshin), and beginner's mind (#shoshin) — as expressions of Buddhist insight. These qualities arise through embodied #meditation, non-attachment, and integration of #mindfulness in #DailyLife. Here is a brief overview of the key mental states valued in Zen practice. In the coming days, I’ll post detailed exposés on each.

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    #WeekendStories #Buddhism

  33. #Zen practice emphasizes dynamic #MentalStates — such as #NonThinking (#hishiryō), #NoMind (#mushin), #equanimity (#fudōshin), and beginner's mind (#shoshin) — as expressions of Buddhist insight. These qualities arise through embodied #meditation, non-attachment, and integration of #mindfulness in #DailyLife. Here is a brief overview of the key mental states valued in Zen practice. In the coming days, I’ll post detailed exposés on each.

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    #WeekendStories #Buddhism

  34. #Zen practice emphasizes dynamic #MentalStates — such as #NonThinking (#hishiryō), #NoMind (#mushin), #equanimity (#fudōshin), and beginner's mind (#shoshin) — as expressions of Buddhist insight. These qualities arise through embodied #meditation, non-attachment, and integration of #mindfulness in #DailyLife. Here is a brief overview of the key mental states valued in Zen practice. In the coming days, I’ll post detailed exposés on each.

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    #WeekendStories #Buddhism

  35. #Zen practice emphasizes dynamic #MentalStates — such as #NonThinking (#hishiryō), #NoMind (#mushin), #equanimity (#fudōshin), and beginner's mind (#shoshin) — as expressions of Buddhist insight. These qualities arise through embodied #meditation, non-attachment, and integration of #mindfulness in #DailyLife. Here is a brief overview of the key mental states valued in Zen practice. In the coming days, I’ll post detailed exposés on each.

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    #WeekendStories #Buddhism

  36. #Upekkhā (#equanimity) is a core virtue in #Buddhism, balancing #compassion (#karuna) and #wisdom (#prajna). As one of the Four #Brahmavihāras, it enables impartial engagement with all beings, transcending attachment and aversion. Its cultivation is central to meditative and ethical development on the path to liberation. This post explores its philosophical foundations, #meditative significance, and #ethical implications across Buddhist traditions:

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  37. #Upekkhā (#equanimity) is a core virtue in #Buddhism, balancing #compassion (#karuna) and #wisdom (#prajna). As one of the Four #Brahmavihāras, it enables impartial engagement with all beings, transcending attachment and aversion. Its cultivation is central to meditative and ethical development on the path to liberation. This post explores its philosophical foundations, #meditative significance, and #ethical implications across Buddhist traditions:

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    #WeekendStories

  38. #Upekkhā (#equanimity) is a core virtue in #Buddhism, balancing #compassion (#karuna) and #wisdom (#prajna). As one of the Four #Brahmavihāras, it enables impartial engagement with all beings, transcending attachment and aversion. Its cultivation is central to meditative and ethical development on the path to liberation. This post explores its philosophical foundations, #meditative significance, and #ethical implications across Buddhist traditions:

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    #WeekendStories

  39. #Upekkhā (#equanimity) is a core virtue in #Buddhism, balancing #compassion (#karuna) and #wisdom (#prajna). As one of the Four #Brahmavihāras, it enables impartial engagement with all beings, transcending attachment and aversion. Its cultivation is central to meditative and ethical development on the path to liberation. This post explores its philosophical foundations, #meditative significance, and #ethical implications across Buddhist traditions:

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    #WeekendStories

  40. #Upekkhā (#equanimity) is a core virtue in #Buddhism, balancing #compassion (#karuna) and #wisdom (#prajna). As one of the Four #Brahmavihāras, it enables impartial engagement with all beings, transcending attachment and aversion. Its cultivation is central to meditative and ethical development on the path to liberation. This post explores its philosophical foundations, #meditative significance, and #ethical implications across Buddhist traditions:

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  41. “The sun doesn’t judge. It shines for all.”

    Thanks for these words, Marko Maric! 🙏🏼 ☀️

    #life #mentalfitness #equanimity