'equanimity, equipoise, mental
balance' (lit., 'remaining here and there in the middle'), is the name for a
high ethical quality belonging to the sankhāra-kkhandha (s. khandha)
and is mostly known by the name upekkhā.
In its widest sense it is
associated with all pure consciousness (s. Tab. II).
"Tatra-majjhattatā
is called the 'keeping in the middle of all things'.
It has as characteristic
that it affects the balance of consciousness and mental factors; as nature
(function; rasa), that it prevents excessiveness and deficiency, or that
it puts an end to partiality; as manifestation, that it keeps the proper
middle" (Vis.M. XIV). (App.).

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