To cultivate equanamity, the balance in the mind that sustains both natural wisdom and the natural inclination to love. (Sylvia Boorstein)

It means a mind able, through clarity, to choose a wise response. (Sylvia Boorstein)

Steadfast benevolence, sustained by the wisdom that anything other than benevolence is painful, protects the mind from all afflictions. (Sylvia Boorstein)