Fwd: How does One get Established in Equanimity

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Hare Krsna.

Question: How does one get established in that equanimity ?

 

Answer: He who neither rejoices nor is perturbed in pleasant or

unpleasant situations, i.e. favorable and unfavorable situations, he

who is without delusion, and with a steady intellect,

that knower of Brahma (God), becomes established in God (equanimity) Those whose minds are established in sameness and equanimity have

already conquered the conditions of birth and death. They are flawless

like Brahman, and thus they are already situated in Brahman. A person who neither rejoices upon achieving something pleasant nor

laments upon obtaining something unpleasant, who is self-intelligent,

who is unbewildered, and who knows the science of God, is already

situated in transcendence. GITA 5:19/20 Commentary by Srila Prabhupada Equanimity of mind, as mentioned above, is the sign of

self-realization. Those who have actually attained to such a stage

should be considered to have conquered material conditions,

specifically birth and death. As long as one identifies with this body,

he is considered a conditioned soul, but as soon as he is elevated to

the stage of equanimity through realization of self, he is liberated

from conditional life. In other words, he is no longer subject to take

birth in the material world but can enter into the spiritual sky after

his death. The Lord is flawless because He is without attraction or

hatred. Similarly, when a living entity is without attraction or

hatred, he also becomes flawless and eligible to enter into the

spiritual sky. Such persons are to be considered already liberated, and

their symptoms are described below. The

symptoms of the self-realized person are given herein. The first

symptom is that he is not illusioned by the false identification of the

body with his true self. He knows perfectly well that he is not this

body, but is the fragmental portion of the Supreme Personality of

Godhead. He is therefore not joyful in achieving something, nor does he

lament in losing anything which is related to his body. This steadiness

of mind is called sthira-buddhi, or self-intelligence. He is therefore

never bewildered by mistaking the gross body for the soul, nor does he

accept the body as permanent and disregard the existence of the soul.

This knowledge elevates him to the station of knowing the complete

science of the Absolute Truth, namely Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan.

He thus knows his constitutional position perfectly well, without

falsely trying to become one with the Supreme in all respects. This is

called Brahman realization, or self-realization. Such steady

consciousness is called Krishna consciousness.

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