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Also known as upekkhā

'''''' () () is the Buddhist concept of equanimity. As one of the brahmaviharas or "virtues of the "Brahma realm" (), it is one of the wholesome mental factors (( ) cultivated on the Buddhist path to nirvāna through the practice of jhāna.

Key facts

Buddhist term.title
Upekkha
Buddhist term.en
Equanimity, neutral
Buddhist term.pi
upekkhā
Buddhist term.sa
उपेक्षा
Buddhist term.sa Latn
upekṣā
Buddhist term.my
ဥပေက္ခာ
Buddhist term.my Latn
ʔṵ pjɪʔ kʰà
Buddhist term.zh
Buddhist term.zh Latn
shě
Buddhist term.ja
Buddhist term.ja Latn
sha
Buddhist term.km
ឧបេក្ខា
Buddhist term.km Latn
ŭbékkha
Buddhist term.si
උපේක්ෂා
Buddhist term.si Latn
upēkshā
Buddhist term.tl
Upeksa
Buddhist term.th
อุเบกขา
Buddhist term.th Latn
upekkhaa

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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • Pali literature
  • Contemporary exposition
  • See also
  • References

'''' () () is the Buddhist concept of equanimity. As one of the brahmaviharas or "virtues of the "Brahma realm" (), it is one of the wholesome mental factors (( ) cultivated on the Buddhist path to nirvāna through the practice of jhāna.

==Pali literature==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “upekṣā” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.