You Can Be Too Equanimous

Can you be too equanimous? This is a surprising conundrum from early Buddhism, noted by the scholar Anālayo in a recent encyclopedia entry. We will take a look at an answer to that question that seems to say that indeed we can have too much equanimity, at least in certain situations.

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Article mentioned:
Anālayo on Upekkhā, Encyclopedia of Buddhism (2008): https://www.buddhismuskunde.uni-hambu...

Suttas mentioned:
https://suttacentral.net/an4.100/en/s...
https://suttacentral.net/an5.166/en/s...
https://suttacentral.net/mn103/en/sujato

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