Equanimity is a perfect, unshakable balance of mind. - Nyanaponika Thera

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Most of the books and films I love walk a knife edge between romance and cynicism, and I wanted 'One Day' to stay on that line. I wanted it to be moving, but without being manipulative.

Nyanaponika Thera

Equanimity is a perfect, unshakable balance of mind.

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Two thoughts cannot coexist at the same time: if the clear light of mindfulness is present, there is no room for mental twilight.

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Mindfulness, though so highly praised and capable of such great achievements, is not at all a "mystical" state, beyond the ken and reach of the average person. It is, on the contrary, something quite simple and common, and very familiar to us.

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