Gijs Limonard

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Upekkha is a concept that Buddhist monk Bhikkhu Bodhi described as such: “A spiritual virtue, upekkha means equanimity in the face of the fluctuations of worldly fortune. It is evenness of mind, unshakeable freedom of mind, a state of inner equipoise that cannot be upset by gain and loss, honor and dishonor, praise and blame, pleasure and pain.” The concept is so strong in Buddhism that it’s considered both one of the four divine abidings and one of the seven factors of enlightenment.
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