Developing equanimity

Developing equanimity

Part of a series of teachings on The Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience, a lamrim text by Panchen Losang Chokyi Gyaltsen, the first Panchen Lama.

  • There is a definite reason for the order of the lamrim meditations
  • How to meditate to cultivate equanimity towards others
  • Equanimity means seeing the humanity of another person
  • Developing equanimity in regard to pleasant or unpleasant objects or situations

Easy Path 34: Equanimity (download)

Venerable Thubten Chodron

Venerable Chodron emphasizes the practical application of Buddha’s teachings in our daily lives and is especially skilled at explaining them in ways easily understood and practiced by Westerners. She is well known for her warm, humorous, and lucid teachings. She was ordained as a Buddhist nun in 1977 by Kyabje Ling Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India, and in 1986 she received bhikshuni (full) ordination in Taiwan. Read her full bio.