Inkolo Yomhlaba: Ngoba ukulingana kuyimfanelo ebalulekile yamaBuddha

Igama lesiNgisi elithi equanimity libhekisa esimweni sokuzola nokulinganisela, ikakhulukazi phakathi kobunzima. KuBuddha, i-equanimity (kuPali, upekkha; ngesiSanskrit, upeksha) ingenye yezimfanelo ezine ezingenakuqhathaniswa noma izimfanelo ezine ezinkulu (kanye nesihawu, uthando lothando kanye nenjabulo enozwela) uBuddha afundisa abafundi bakhe ukuba bayihlakulele.

Kepha ingabe ukuzola nokulinganisela konke kuyalingana? Futhi ukukhula ngokulinganayo kukhula kanjani?

Izincazelo ze-Upekkha ze-Upekkha
Noma ihunyushwe ngokuthi "ukulingana", incazelo eqondile ye-upekkha ibukeka inzima ukuyichaza. Ngokusho kukaGil Fronsdal, ofundisa esikhungweni sokuzindla se-Insight eRedwood City, eCalifornia, igama elithi upekkha ngokwezwi nezwi lisho "ukubheka ngalé". Kodwa-ke, uhlu lwamagama kaPali / Sanskrit engixhumane nalo lusho ukuthi "ukungakunaki; unganaki ".

Ngokusho kwendela nesazi Theravadin, u-Bhikkhu Bodhi, igama elithi upekkha lihunyushwe ngendlela engafanele esikhathini esidlule ngokuthi "ukunganaki", okuholele abaningi eNtshonalanga ukuthi bakholelwe ngephutha ukuthi amaBuddha kufanele axoshwe futhi anganaki ezinye izidalwa. Okusho ngempela ukuthi kungalawulwa izinkanuko, izifiso, ukuthanda nokungathandeki. Kuqhubeka uBhikkhu,

“Ukufana kwengqondo, inkululeko yemqondo engashintshashintshi, isimo sokulingana okungaphakathi okungenakucasulwa ukuzuza nokulahleka, ukuhlonishwa nokuhlazeka, ukudunyiswa nokuzizwa unecala, injabulo nobuhlungu. I-Upekkha yinkululeko kuwo wonke amaphuzu okuzethenjelwa kuwo; akunandaba kuphela nezidingo ze-ego-self ngesifiso sayo sobumnandi nesikhundla, hhayi inhlala-phambili yohlobo lwayo. "

UGil Fronsdal uthi uBuddha wachaza u-upekkha "njengobaningi, ophakanyisiwe, ongenakuqhathaniswa, ongenabutha futhi ongathandi." Akufani nokuthi "ukunganaki", akunjalo?

UThich Nhat Hanh uthi (encwadini ethi The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching, ikhasi 161) ukuthi igama lesiSanskrit upeksha lisho "ukulingana, ukunganamatheli, ukungabandlululi, ukulingana noma ukuyeka. I-Upa isho ukuthi "ngaphezulu", futhi iksh isho "ukubukeka". ' Khuphuka intaba ukuze ukwazi ukubuka sonke isimo, hhayi uboshwe ngohlangothi noma kolunye. "

Futhi singabheka impilo kaBuddha njengesiqondisi. Ngemuva kokukhanyiselwa, ngokuqinisekile akazange aphile esimweni sokunganakwa. Esikhundleni salokho, uchithe iminyaka engama-45 ngenkuthalo efundisa abanye isi-dharma. Ngeminye imininingwane ngalesi sihloko, bona Kungani amaBuddha ekugwema ukunamatheliswa? "Futhi" Kungani ukuthumela kuyigama elingalungile "

Umi phakathi
Elinye igama elivame ukuhunyushelwa esiNgisini ngokuthi "equanimity" yi-tatramajjhattata, okusho ukuthi "ukuba phakathi". UGil Fronsdal uthi "ukuba phakathi" kusho ibhalansi etholakala ekuqineni kwangaphakathi, okusele kugxilwe lapho kuzungezwe izimbangi.

I-Buddha ifundise ukuthi sihlala siphoqelelwa endaweni eyodwa noma kwesinye ngezinto noma izimo esifisa ukugwema. Lokhu kufaka phakathi ukudumisa nokuzizwa unecala, injabulo nobuhlungu, impumelelo nokwehluleka, ukuzuza nokulahleka. Umuntu ohlakaniphile, kusho uBuddha, wamukela konke ngaphandle kokuvunywa noma ukungamukeleki. Lokhu kwakha umnyombo we "Middle Way owenza isisekelo somsebenzi weBuddhist.

Ukuhlakulela ukulingana
Encwadini yakhe ethi Comfortable with Uncarant, uSolwazi waseTibetan, uKagyu Pema Chodron, uthe: "Ukuhlakulela ukulingana, siyaziphatha uma sithola ukuheha noma ukuzonda ngaphambi kokuthi kube nzima ukubamba noma ukungazinaki."

Lokhu ngokusobala kuxhuma ukuqaphela. I-Buddha ifundise ukuthi kunezinhlaka ezine zokubhekisela ekuqwashiseni. Lokhu kubizwa nangokuthi izisekelo ezine zokuqwashisa. Lezi izi:

Ukucabanga komzimba (kayasati).
Ukwaziswa kwemizwa noma izinzwa (vedanasati).
Ukucabanga noma izinqubo zengqondo (ukuba yisakhamuzi).
Ukunaka izinto noma izimfanelo zengqondo; noma ukuqwashisa nge-dharma (dhammasati).
Lapha, sinesibonelo esihle kakhulu sokusebenza ngokwazisa ngemizwa nezinqubo zengqondo. Abantu abangazi benziwa inhlekisa njalo ngemizwa yabo nangokubandlulula kwabo. Kepha ngokuqwashisa, qaphela futhi uqaphele imizwa ngaphandle kokuvumela ukuba balawule.

UPema Chodron uthi uma kuvela imizwa yokuheha noma yokuphikisa, "singasebenzisa ubandlululo lwethu njengamatshe anyukayo ukuze axhumane nokudideka kwabanye." Lapho sisondela futhi samukele imizwa yethu, sibona ngokucace bha ukuthi wonke umuntu uthathwa kanjani ngamathemba abo kanye nokwesaba kwabo. Kulokhu "umbono obanzi ungavela".

UThich Nhat Hanh uthi ukulingana kwamaBuddha kuhlanganisa namandla okubona wonke umuntu elingana. “Sesikususile konke ukucwaswa nobandlululo futhi sisuse yonke imingcele phakathi kwethu nabanye,” kubhala yena. "Ngokushayisana, noma ngabe sikhathazeke kakhulu, sihlala singakhethi, sikwazi ukuthanda nokuqonda izinhlangothi zombili".