The Bodhisattva Doctrine in Buddhist Sanskrit Literature c8.s8.34

c8.s8.34

The exact connotation of this term has been indicated in several Pāli passages. Upekkhā is one of the ten pāramīs (Perfections), which are mentioned in the later Pāli treatises.330 According to the Cariyā-piṭaka, it consists in preserving the same mental attitude in all circumstances, in joy and sorrow, in fame and obloquy, and in gain and loss.331 The Dhamma-saṅgaṇi explains it thus : “It is the mental condition, which is neither pleasant nor unpleasant, the sensation or the feeling, which is neither easeful nor painful.”332 In the Jātaka, the Perfection of upekkhā is described in these words : “I lay down in the cemetery (cremation-ground) and my pillow consisted of the bones of the corpses.” . . . .