Equanimous feelings refer to feelings that are neither painful nor pleasant. Under the influence of the mind rooted in the two delusions, the mind associated with equanimity and restlessness, and the mind associated with equanimity and doubt, it is impossible to produce pleasant and unpleasant feelings.

When using the five-point rule, the pleasant feelings in the third-part rule are divided into pleasant feelings and pleasant feelings. The former is physical feeling and the latter is mental feeling; the painful feeling in the third-part rule is divided into painful feeling. The former is a physical feeling, while the latter is a mental feeling. Feelings that are neither painful nor pleasant are feelings of equanimity.

The characteristics of upekkha-vedana are that they are experienced as neutral; their effect is neither increasing nor weakening of the dharma; their occurrence is a peaceful state; their proximate cause is no piti. Heart (that is, a heart that is not happy).