Equanimity

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Passages where upekkhā occurs literally — in the original, and, where a German translation of the same lines exists, in German.

• Mahāyāna sūtras · 大般若波羅蜜多經(第201卷-第400卷) · Chinese Primary passage

  ；起極喜地 想，起離垢地、發光地、焰慧地、極難勝地、現前地、 遠行地、不動地、善慧地、法雲地想，亦名麁重； 起五眼想，起六神通想，亦名麁重；起佛十力 想，起四無所畏、四無礙解、大慈、大悲、大喜、大捨、 十八佛不共法想，亦名麁重；起三十二大士 相想，起八十隨好想，亦名麁重；起無忘失法 想，起恒住捨性想，亦名麁重；起一切智想，起道 相智、一切相智想，亦名麁重；起預流果想，起 一來、不還、阿羅漢果、獨覺菩提想，亦名麁重； 起一切菩薩摩訶薩行想，起諸佛無上正等菩 提想，亦名麁重；起異生想，起聲聞想、獨覺想、 …

• Pāli commentaries · Visuddhimaggo (Paṭhamo bhāgo) · Pāli

  Upekkhābrahmavihārassa pana ‘‘cakkhunā rūpaṃ disvā uppajjati upekkhā bālassa mūḷhassa puthujjanassa anodhijinassa avipākajinassa anādīnavadassāvino assutavato puthujjanassa yā evarūpā upekkhā, rūpaṃ sā nātivattati. Tasmā sā upekkhā gehasitāti vuccatī’’tiādinā (ma. ni. 3.308) nayena āgatā gehasitā aññāṇupekkhā dosaguṇāvicāraṇavasena sabhāgattā āsannapaccatthikā. Sabhāgavisabhāgatāya rāgapaṭighā dūrapaccatthikā. Tasmā tato nibbhayena upekkhitabbaṃ. Upekkhissati ca nāma, rajjissati ca paṭihaññissati cāti aṭṭhānametaṃ.

• Tipiṭaka · mn152 · English

  Tañca kho saṅkhataṁ oḷārikaṁ paṭiccasamuppannaṁ. That’s conditioned, crude, and dependently originated. Diese sind bedingt, grob und abhängig entstanden. Etaṁ santaṁ etaṁ paṇītaṁ yadidaṁ— But this is peaceful and sublime, namely Doch das ist friedvoll, das ist erlesen: nämlich upekkhā’ti. equanimity.’ Gleichmut.‘ Tassa taṁ uppannaṁ manāpaṁ uppannaṁ amanāpaṁ uppannaṁ manāpāmanāpaṁ nirujjhati; Then the agreeable, the disagreeable, and the both agreeable and disagreeable that arose in them cease, Dann hören das Angenehme, das Unangenehme und das sowohl Angenehme als auch Unangenehme, die in ihm erschienen sind, auf, upekkhā saṇṭhāti. and equanimity becomes stabilized. und Gleichmut wird …

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