An afternoon set aside for prayer and meditation for peace by people all faiths from 2 pm to 5 pm on Saturday, September 11, 2010, will be hosted by the Spiritual Life Committee of East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Ave., Pittsburgh.

As you might see above, there's a new feature on Buddhism and equanimity, which is something I'm working on personally. Well, sort of working on it. At least, I've recognized I need to work on it. That's a start.

Anyway, after I wrote the article I found a post by NellaLou at Buddha Cabaret that begins with a quote from Insight meditation teacher Gil Fronsdal about equanimity, part of which I also had used in my article. In brief, it says equanimity is about not getting pulled off center by attraction or aversion. And to do that, it helps to be able to see the big picture and not get stuck in one side or another.

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The Challenge of Equanimity originally appeared on About.com Buddhism on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 at 13:56:56.

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