Ep. 182 – Equanimity: "There in the Middleness"

Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein · Sep 30, 2023 · 56m

Joseph Goldstein examines the mental factor of equanimity through the lens of the Eight Vicissitudes and the brahmavihārā.

This dharma talk from April 17, 2012, was recorded at the Insight Meditation Society and originally published on Dharma Seed.

In this lecture, Joseph:

Defines equanimity as neutrality of mind and the quality of evenness

Draws a distinction between indifference of mind and spacious impartiality

Examines the eight vicissitudes (gain and loss, praise and blame, fame and disrepute, pleasure and pain)

Considers the spiritual implications of living in servitude to the…