Beyond sight (upa ikṣa), which leads to equanimity, patience, tolerance, and even freedom, because it is known that all objects are nothing but the self, existence-consciousness.
- upeksa
Beyond sight (upa ikṣa), which leads to equanimity, patience, tolerance, and even freedom, because it is known that all objects are nothing but the self, existence-consciousness.
This word appears in the texts with subtle differences in meaning. Sometimes simply as patience because one knows the truth of everything. Sometimes as disregard or negation in an inner cognitive way, to clearly distinguish between the mithyā of all objects and the satya of myself.
Thus, it is sometimes translated as "indifference," but then in a constructive, positive sense as "seeing no difference" between objects, because one knows that they are all the self, existence-consciousness.
In dṛg dṛśya viveka this term is mentioned in the sense of being away from words and objects (dṛśyaśabdāvupekṣa), which leads to nirvikalpa samādhi in the Vedāntic sense: Being unaffected like an unflickering flame.