How about 'balanced' for sama? It carries both the meaning of 'even' and 'stability'.

kb

Nina van Gorkom wrote thus at 11:11 PM 26-10-09:

>Dear Yong Peng,
>Op 26-okt-2009, om 12:33 heeft Ong Yong Peng het volgende geschreven:
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>> visamacariyaa (f) life of dishonor.
>> samacariyaa (f) life of honor.
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>N: I think what you had before was good. A life of immorality. When
>speaking about dishonour and honour we think of the results of
>ignoble and noble deeds. These are among the ten lokadhammas which
>are results: praise and blame etc. Results of kamma.
>In this text we consider the cause: hetu paccaya.
>You had: Dhammacariyaasamacariyaa: a life of righteousness and
>morality. This is good.
> "Even" life may not be so clear.
>>
>> --- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Ong Yong Peng wrote:
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>> visamacariyaa (f) life of immorality.
>> samacariyaa (f) an "even" life.
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>Nina.
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