Mental Equipoise

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Mental Equipoise
Speaker Shrii Shrii Anandamurti
Date 1978 August 27
Place Patna, India
Topic Keeping a good mental judgement in the face of both condemnation and approval
Included in Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 1
Location in Sarkarverse
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Mental Equipoise is a discourse given by Shrii Shrii Anandamurti on 1978 August 27 in Patna, India. This discourse is the twenty fifth chapter of Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 1.[1]

Synopsis

Do not despise even the most fallen, the most sinful, and the most wretched. You will degenerate mentally and spiritually if you hate anyone.

Lord Buddha said: Win falsehood by truth (satya,) Win the miserly with generosity, Win anger by non-anger.

Shrii Shrii Anandamurti

Anandamurti starts the discourse by saying that human beings more than anything else seek mental quietude. He then explains that one should fight injustice while keeping the mind free of angry resentments against anyone. Anandamurti goes on saying that one should remain nonchalant to both praise and censure as Lord Buddha demonstrated while faced with abuse and denigration.="AV1"/>

References

  1. ^ Shrii Shrii Anandamurti Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 1 
Preceded by
The Advent of the Lord
Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 1
With: Mental Equipoise
Succeeded by
The Complications of Doing Evil