Samatājñāna

samatājñāna. (T. mnyam nyid ye shes; C. pingdengxing zhi 平等性智) is translated as "wisdom of equanimity", "wisdom of equality", etc. One of the five types of wisdom that are experienced by the buddhas.

Samatā-jñāna ("wisdom of equality") perceives the sameness, the commonality of dharmas.

Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang states:

Just as all the reflections in a mirror are the same in being simply reflections, without any concept of good or bad, the wisdom of equality is to regard samsara and nirvana as equal, as having a single mode and one taste.

The Khenjuk states:

The wisdom of equality, the transformation of the disturbed mind, perceives the equality that dwells neither in existence nor quiescence. With directionless great love and compassion, it manifests the body of buddhahood to all sentient beings in accordance with their individual inclinations.

Sources

• Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University 
• Keown, Damien (2003), A Dictionary of Buddhism, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-860560-9 
• Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang (2011), A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher, translated by Padmakara Translation Group, Shambhala 
• Mipham Rinpoche (2002), Gateway to Knowledge, vol. III, translated by Kunsang, Erik Pema, Rangjung Yeshe Publications 

Further reading

• Thrangu Rinpoche (1998), The Five Buddha Families and the Eight Consciousnesses, translated by Peter Roberts, Boulder, Colorado: Namo Buddha Publications 
• mnyam_pa_nyid_kyi_ye_shes, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki
• མཉམ་ཉིད་ཡེ་ཤེས་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary