The Four Immeasurable Qualities: Equanimity

4 immeasurables btang snyoms Equanimity One of the Four Immeasurable Qualities is ‘Equanimity‘.  In the Tibetan language, it is ‘Tang Nyom‘.  Tang Nyom is the practice and aspiration to perceive all beings in the same way rather than with the bias of the labels ‘friend’ or ‘enemy’.  Seeing them otherwise is due to a lack of understanding of the true nature of reality.  Therefore, it is important to train the mind to perceive all beings with a benevolent attitude and cultivate the authentic quality of Equanimity, or Tang Nyom, towards all beings.

Posted on September 30, 2013, in Prayer and Ritual, Sacred Scriptures, Uncategorized and tagged , , . Bookmark the permalink. 1 Comment.

  1. A most important and yet too often forgotten quality…

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