STHITAPRAJNA — BALANCED MIND

 

 

Definitions:
sthitaprajna स्थितप्रज्ञ	स्थित sthitha noun balanced adjective/adverb being +  प्रज्ञ   pragya noun wisdom adjective wise =  state of balance and the wisdom of that
nirsthitaprajna निर्स्थित​प्रज्ञ	निर् nir_ determiner not +  स्थित sthitha noun balanced adjective/adverb being +  प्रज्ञ   pragya noun wisdom adjective wise =  opposite of sthitaprajna - imbalanced and/or lack of wisdom of that
Self	The essential incorporeal crux of living being; Atma in Hindu philosophies. spirit or soul in alternate philosophies
self	The organic components of a being that includes body and mind
Discrimination	Ability to differentiate between Self and self, between real and non-real. Called विवेक.
Supreme	The ultimate divine entity, God

One who is स्थितप्रज्ञ sthitaprajna:
	Possesses wisdom and control to be steady in all conditions
	Is called muni मुनि - a wise, pious and learned person
	In all conditions, possesses wisdom to be steady
	Is satisfied in Self alone by Self
	Casts off all desires (काम) of mind
	Does not hanker after pleasures
	Not shaken by adversity
	Good or bad, is self-controlled
	Good or bad, does not praise or blame
	Good or bad, neither rejoices nor hates
	Sadness or evil, does not vex
	Free from attachment to worldly pleasures
	Free from fear
	Knowledge is steady
	Awake when all beings asleep and asleep when all awake Awake::consciously aware of Self, self, discrimination, feelings, behaviour
	Desires enter from all sides into him, yet remains steady and at peace Akin to ocean into which waters enter from all sides, yet it remains steady

One who is निर्स्थित​ प्रज्ञ nirsthitapragya:
❢	Man thinks of objects —> attachment to them arises —>  desire
❢	Desire —> anger + delusion + loss of discrimination —> no knowledge of Self
❢	No knowledge of Self —> unsteady —> no meditation possible —> no peace
❢	No peace  —> perishes eventually
❢	Even in a wise man, the turbulent senses violently carry away the mind though he may be striving hard to control them
❢	Mind that follows in the wake of the wandering senses, carries away discrimination as the wind carries away a boat on the waters

From निरस्थितप्रज्ञ nirsthitapragya  —> To स्थितप्रज्ञ sthitaprajna
+	Withdraw senses from the sense-objects —> discrimination becomes steady Akin to a tortoise that withdraws its limbs from all sides
+	This may turn away his senses, but may still leave the longing

Sthitaprajna, thus, without the effect of desires and sense objects, attains absolute bliss.