Sangha of Auspicious Companions

EQUANIMITY

The traditional image for equanimity is a banquet to which everyone is invited. That means that everyone and

everything, without exception, is on the guest list. Consider your worst enemy. Consider someone who would do you

harm. Imagine inviting them to this feast.

Training in equanimity is learning to open the door to all, welcoming all beings, inviting life to come visit. Of

course, as certain guests arrive, we’ll feel fear and aversion. We allow ourselves to open the door just a crack

if that’s all that we can presently do, and we allow ourselves to shut the door when necessary. Cultivating

equanimity is a work in progress. We aspire to spend our lives training in the loving-kindness and courage that

it takes to receive whatever appears—sickness, health, poverty, wealth, sorrow, and joy. We welcome and get to

know them all.

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