Parent:: [[Bojjhanga|7 Bojjhanga]], [[Brahma Vihara|4 Brahma Vihāra]] # Upekkhā (Equanimity) > [!info] Upekkha = upa (near) + eka (one) = **being with oneself** ## What is Upekkha? > [!info] What is Upekkha? — In Tatiyavibhaṅgasutta ([SN48.38](https://suttacentral.net/sn48.38/en/sujato)) > And what is the faculty of **==equanimity==**? > _Katamañca, bhikkhave, **==upekkhindriyaṁ==**?_ > > **==Neither pleasant nor unpleasant feeling==**, **==whether physical or mental==**. > _Yaṁ kho, bhikkhave, **==kāyikaṁ vā cetasikaṁ vā==** **==neva sātaṁ nāsātaṁ vedayitaṁ==**—_ > > This is the faculty of equanimity. > _idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, upekkhindriyaṁ._ ## [[Indriya Samvara|Indriya Bhāvanā]] ![[MN152 Indriyabhāvanāsutta#^liking-disliking-upekkha]] ![[MN152 Indriyabhāvanāsutta#^ariya-upekkha]] ## Videos - When Your Mind Can Turn Against You - by Nyanamoli Thero ([Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLJhJDSwzhg)) - How forcing yourself to be "equanimous" doesn't work :) ## Suttas - [[SN36.5 Daṭṭhabbasutta]] - When the Neutral feeling (adukkhamasukhā vedanā) is observed as Anicca, it turns into Equanimity