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So while the Buddha says that morality lays an essential foundation for wisdom, we should eventually find equanimity. Equanimity does not disturb the mind. Besides, a truly balanced compassionate mindset arises ultimately from letting go imho.

In "Self Acceptance and Equanimity" Ajahn Sucitto has the following to say:

''Equanimity is the widest and most still register of the heart. While based on empathy, its response to what it meets is to hold whatever feeling, perception or activity arises in a wide and non-reactive space.

Equanimity is a rare quality because our normal response to ourselves and others is to pick at the flaws and to polish and relish the good. This is natural enough, but where equanimity pays off is in meeting situations and conditions that we seem unable to change: the destructive or pointless habits of others, or the irritating phobias and reactions that arise in our mind.

Without equanimity, we either get frustrated to the point of anger or despair, give up and lose faith, or we gloss over our confused habits with denial. Equanimity retains empathy – it’s not indifferent but it is absolutely patient.

When meeting the good, we notice the sense of the skilful and the brightness that it causes – but we don’t get giddy and driven by perfectionism to always expect the best from ourselves or others. With the bad, we notice how that is, without getting lost in wounding and blaming. In both cases, we lessen the potential for suffering and stress."


http://www.cittaviveka.org/transcrib...%20Sucitto.pdf