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- adjective Having
equanimity .
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Examples
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I would even help promote a dedicated /TV site because I appreciate the even-minded care that goes into this one that and I'm a tv nut as much as I am a film nut.
First Teaser Trailer for Treme, The Wire Creator David Simon’s New HBO Show | /Film 2010
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You suffer, like I do, from the curse of the even-minded: you think everyone sees things the sensible way.
…coming out again, and again, and again « Sven’s guide to… 2008
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He seems to me to be one of the most thoughtful, even-minded, compassionate advocates for science that we have.
Edward O. Wilson on Death, Free Will, Evolution, Religion... William Harryman 2007
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She's out to capture the attention of America and convince us all that she's even-handed, even-minded and way smarter than anyone we've seen blabbering on TV lately.
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Thus, Longchenpa presents both types of equanimity mentioned by Tsongkhapa: an even-minded attitude toward all others and the wish that all others likewise have such an attitude.
The Four Immeasurable Attitudes in Hinayana, Mahayana, and Bon 2005
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Equanimity is included in being even-minded (Pali: tatra majjhattata) and is the factor of being even-tempered toward its object.
The Four Immeasurable Attitudes in Hinayana, Mahayana, and Bon 2005
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There, immeasurable equanimity is a completely tranquil state of mind that is even-minded toward happiness and unhappiness, in all circumstances, such as when meeting friends and enemies.
The Four Immeasurable Attitudes in Hinayana, Mahayana, and Bon 2005
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In these examples, rather than equanimity being an even-minded attitude toward all others, it is the wish that all limited beings have equanimity.
The Four Immeasurable Attitudes in Hinayana, Mahayana, and Bon 2005
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One type is free of attachment and repulsion, with an even-minded attitude directed at others.
The Four Immeasurable Attitudes in Hinayana, Mahayana, and Bon 2005
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Unlike Longchenpa's and Peltrul's presentations, immeasurable equanimity is a state of mind that one wishes all beings to have, rather than an even-minded attitude one develops toward all others.
The Four Immeasurable Attitudes in Hinayana, Mahayana, and Bon 2005
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