Detachment
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Equanimity (Tib. བཏང་སྙོམས་, tangnyom), which is the wish that beings may be free from the attitude of attachment to some and aversion to others. “Upeksha” in Sanskrit, meaning 1. Renunciation, Letting Go, Detachment, Equanimity
“It's easy to end all suffering. Simply accept everything with ease and let go completely.” If you can't remember that he says just remember “Let go completely”. – from the Venerable Buddhist Master Shen-Kai - Founder of Jen Chen Buddhism (Buddhahood Lineage World Humanity Vehicle)
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Detachment or detached may refer to:
- Single-family detached home, a structure maintained and used as a single dwelling unit.
- Emotional detachment, in psychology, refers to "inability to connect" or "mental assertiveness"
- Detachment (philosophy), the state of lacking desire or emotional attachment to material things, people or worldly affairs
- Detachment (military), a military unit which has left its parent unit altogether
- Detachment (territory), a concept in international law
- A term used in the United Kingdom for an enclave and exclave
- Detachment fault, geological term associated with large displacements
- Décollement, a geological term for a zone where rock units are detached from each other
- Detachment (film), a 2011 American film by British director Tony Kaye
- Detachments (British band), an English art rock/electronic group
- Detached objects, objects which have orbits whose perihelia are sufficiently distant from the influence of Neptune so that they are only moderately affected by Neptune.
- Detachment in personality disorder or personality difficulty, a psychiatric trait diagnosis in the ICD-11
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Upekkhā (Sinhala: උපේක්ෂා, romanized: upekshā) (Pali: 𑀉𑀧𑁂𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸, romanized: upekkhā) is the Buddhist concept of equanimity. As one of the brahmaviharas or "virtues of the "Brahma realm" (brahmaloka), it is one of the wholesome mental factors ((kuśala cetasika) cultivated on the Buddhist path to nirvāna through the practice of jhāna.
Four Immeasurables: Immeasurables (Skt. caturapramāṇa, Brahmavihara; Sublime Attitudes, literally “Abodes of Brahma”) (Pāli: cattāri brahmavihārā) are a series of Four Buddhist Virtues and the Meditation Practices made to cultivate them. Also known as the Four Immeasurables (Pāli: appamaññā) or Four Unlimited Minds, Four Infinite Minds (Chinese: 四無量心)
1. Loving-Kindness, Love, Big Love or Benevolence (mettā) - “May all living beings may have happiness and its causes.”
2. Compassion (karuṇā) - “May all living beings may be free from suffering and its causes.
3. Sympathetic Joy or Empathetic Joy (muditā) - “May all living beings may remain happy and their happiness may increase evermore.”
4. Equanimity (upekkhā - 1. Renunciation, Letting Go, Detachment, Equanimity) - “May all beings may be free from the attitude of attachment to some and aversion to others.” – “It's easy to end all suffering. Simply accept everything with ease and let go completely.” If you can't remember that he says just remember ”Let go completely“. – from the Venerable Buddhist Master Shen-Kai - Founder of Jen Chen Buddhism (Buddhahood Lineage World Humanity Vehicle)
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