[413] **Equanimous, ever mindful** — **Equanimous (upekkhako)**: one endowed with the six-factored equanimity (chaḷaṅgupekkhā). Having seen a form with the eye, he is neither glad nor dejected; he dwells equanimous, mindful and clearly comprehending. Having heard a sound with the ear … Having smelled an odour with the nose … Having tasted a flavour with the tongue … Having touched a tangible object with the body … Having cognized a dhamma with the mind (citta), he is neither glad nor dejected; he dwells equanimous, mindful and clearly comprehending.
Having seen an agreeable form with the eye, he does not hanker after it, does not exult over it, does not generate lust. His body stands steady, his mind stands steady, inwardly well composed, well liberated. But having seen a disagreeable form with the eye, he is not downcast; his mind is unstuck, his mind undejected, his mind without ill will. His body stands steady, his mind stands steady, inwardly well composed, well liberated. Having heard a sound with the ear … Having smelled an odour with the nose … Having tasted a flavour with the tongue … Having touched a tangible object with the body … Having cognized an agreeable dhamma with the mind, he does not hanker after it, does not exult over it, does not generate lust. His body stands steady, his mind stands steady, inwardly well composed, well liberated. But having cognized a disagreeable dhamma with the mind, he is not downcast; his mind is unstuck, his mind undejected, his mind without ill will. His body stands steady, his mind stands steady, inwardly well composed, well liberated.
Having seen a form with the eye, in regard to agreeable and disagreeable forms his body stands steady, his mind stands steady, inwardly well composed, well liberated. Having heard a sound with the ear … Having smelled an odour with the nose … Having tasted a flavour with the tongue … Having touched a tangible object with the body … Having cognized a dhamma with the mind, in regard to agreeable and disagreeable dhammas his body stands steady, his mind stands steady, inwardly well composed, well liberated.
Having seen a form with the eye, he is not inflamed by that which inflames, not provoked to hatred by that which provokes hatred, not deluded by that which deludes, not angered by that which angers, not defiled by that which defiles, not intoxicated by that which intoxicates. Having heard a sound with the ear … Having smelled an odour with the nose … Having tasted a flavour with the tongue … Having touched a tangible object with the body … Having cognized a dhamma with the mind, he is not inflamed by that which inflames, not provoked to hatred by that which provokes hatred, not deluded by that which deludes, not angered by that which angers, not defiled by that which defiles, not intoxicated by that which intoxicates.
In the seen there is merely the seen; in the heard, merely the heard; in the sensed, merely the sensed; in the cognized, merely the cognized. He does not cleave to the seen, does not cleave to the heard, does not cleave to the sensed, does not cleave to the cognized. In regard to the seen he is without attraction, unattached, unbound, released, detached; he dwells with a mind made free of boundaries. In regard to the heard, the sensed, the cognized he is without attraction, unattached, unbound, released, detached; he dwells with a mind made free of boundaries.
The arahant's eye exists; the arahant sees a form with the eye; but the arahant has no desire and lust (chandarāga); the arahant's mind is well liberated. The arahant's ear exists; the arahant hears a sound with the ear; but the arahant has no desire and lust; the arahant's mind is well liberated. The arahant's nose exists; the arahant smells an odour with the nose; but the arahant has no desire and lust; the arahant's mind is well liberated. The arahant's tongue exists; the arahant tastes a flavour with the tongue; but the arahant has no desire and lust; the arahant's mind is well liberated. The arahant's body exists; the arahant touches a tangible object with the body; but the arahant has no desire and lust; the arahant's mind is well liberated. The arahant's mind exists; the arahant cognizes a dhamma with the mind; but the arahant has no desire and lust; the arahant's mind is well liberated.
The eye delights in forms, takes delight in form, rejoices in form; that eye of the arahant is tamed, guarded, protected, restrained, and he teaches the Dhamma for its restraint. The ear delights in sounds … The nose delights in odours … The tongue delights in tastes, takes delight in taste, rejoices in taste; that tongue of the arahant is tamed, guarded, protected, restrained, and he teaches the Dhamma for its restraint. The body delights in tangible objects … The mind delights in dhammas, takes delight in dhammas, rejoices in dhammas; that mind of the arahant is tamed, guarded, protected, restrained, and he teaches the Dhamma for its restraint.
The tamed they lead to the assembly; the tamed one the king mounts;
the tamed one is best among humans — he who endures abusive speech.
Excellent are tamed mules, thoroughbreds of Sindh,
and great tusker elephants; but better still is one who has tamed himself.
For not by these mounts could one go to the untrodden region,
as one who is tamed, with self well tamed, goes by the tamed.
They waver not amid the modes of conceit; released from renewed existence,
having attained the stage of the tamed, they are the victors in the world.
One whose faculties are developed,
inwardly and outwardly, in all the world,
having penetrated this world and the world beyond,
being developed and well tamed, awaits his time.
Thus: **equanimous**. **Ever (sadā)**: at all times, on every occasion, constantly, perpetually … in the last stage of life. **Mindful (sato)**: he is mindful for four reasons: mindful while developing the establishment of mindfulness (satipaṭṭhāna) of contemplating the body in the body; mindful [in regard to] feelings (vedanā), [in regard to] the mind, while developing the establishment of mindfulness of contemplating dhammas in dhammas … he is called mindful. Thus: **equanimous, ever mindful**.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.