法界次第初門 1.253

1.253

Second is the factor of equanimity. To abandon joy without regret—this mind is called 'equanimity'. Once the practitioner has attained the motionless true meditative absorption of the fourth dhyāna, they abandon the hard-to-relinquish joy of the third dhyāna and produce no regretful thought; hence it is called the factor of equanimity. It is also said: when realizing the motionless meditative absorption of the fourth dhyāna, one should not grasp at meditative absorption so as to stir thoughts. If the mind practices equanimity, there will be no deviation through stirred thoughts.