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Love is a feeling of strong attraction, affection, emotional attachment or concern for a person, animal, or thing. It is expressed in many forms, encompassing a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue, good habit, deepest interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. An example of this range of meanings is that the love of a mother differs from the love of a spouse, which differs from the love of food.
Love is considered to be both positive and negative, with its virtue representing kindness, compassion, and affection—"the unselfish, loyal, and benevolent concern for the good of another"—and its vice representing a moral flaw akin to vanity, selfishness, amour-propre, and egotism. It may also describe compassionate and affectionate actions towards other humans, oneself, or animals. In its various forms, love acts as a major facilitator of interpersonal relationships, and owing to its central psychological importance, is one of the most common themes in the creative arts. Love has been postulated to be a function that keeps human beings together against menaces and to facilitate the continuation of the species.
Ancient Greek philosophers identified six forms of love: familial love (storge), friendly love or platonic love (philia), romantic love (eros), self-love (philautia), guest love (xenia), and divine or unconditional love (agape). Modern authors have distinguished further varieties of love: fatuous love, unrequited love, empty love, companionate love, consummate love, compassionate love, infatuated love (passionate love or limerence), obsessive love, amour de soi, and courtly love. Numerous cultures have also distinguished Ren, Yuanfen, Mamihlapinatapai, Cafuné, Kama, Bhakti, Mettā, Ishq, Chesed, Amore, charity, Saudade (and other variants or symbioses of these states), as culturally unique words, definitions, or expressions of love in regard to specified "moments" currently lacking in the English language.
The colour wheel theory of love defines three primary, three secondary, and nine tertiary love styles, describing them in terms of the traditional color wheel. The triangular theory of love suggests intimacy, passion, and commitment are core components of love. Love has additional religious or spiritual meaning. This diversity of uses and meanings, combined with the complexity of the feelings involved, makes love unusually difficult to consistently define, compared to other emotional states.
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Vimakakirti’s Goddess friend and Gender Non-discriminationSerial: TL-00790 ADZG Monday Night, Vimalakirti Sutra, Manjushri, Buddha Ancestors, Love, Lotus Sutra, Buddha |
Apr 17 2023 Hybrid |
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Valentine’s Day, Perfect Wisdom, Patriotism, and the White Supremacist PartySerial: TL-00687 ADZG Sunday Morning, Love, Practice, War |
Feb 14 2021 Zoom |
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Martin Luther King Day and the Assault on the CapitolSerial: TL-00685 ADZG Monday Night, Love, War, Time |
Jan 18 2021 Zoom |
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March 15th, 2020, Serial No. 04523 Buddha, Love, Work |
Mar 15 2020 |
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Zen Therapy: Emotional Paths ConvergedSerial: RB-02391 Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy Practice, Love, Culture |
Jun 2018 Rastenberg |
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The Womb of the Tathagata #1Flower Adornment Sutra, Koan, Book of Serenity, Wisdom, Love, Attachment |
Apr 14 2018 PM No Abode Hermitage |
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Consciousness Uniting Mind and ExperienceSerial: RB-03900 Seminar_Layers_of_Awareness_and_Consciousness Consciousness, Time, Love |
Jun 2017 Rastenberg |
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Awakening the Fourth MindSerial: RB-04183L Talks_Various_1 Work, Meditation, Love |
2015 |
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Embracing Non-Duality Through PracticeSerial: RB-03820 Practice-Period_Talks Practice, Love, Practice Period |
2013 Johanneshof |
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The Mind of Mountains and Waters and the Body of Liberation Practice, Delusion, Love |
Oct 13 2012 C Santa Barbara Zen Center |
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Exploring Self Through Zen LensesSerial: RB-03840 Seminar_The_Freedom_of_the_Self Practice, Love, Time |
Sep 2012 Johanneshof |
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Presence Over Attachment in ZenSerial: RB-01688G Seminar Love, Time, Consciousness |
2012 Kassel |
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The Bodhisattva's Creativity and Freedom Love, Suffering, Addiction |
Nov 03 2011 |
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November 2011 talk, Serial No. 03905 Love, Letting Go, Addiction |
Nov 2011 |
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November 2011 talk, Serial No. 03906 Pain, Love, Wisdom |
Nov 2011 |
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Zen Embodiment in Therapeutic PracticeSerial: RB-03547 Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy Love, Time, Practice |
Jun 2011 Rastenberg |
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Intimate Immediacy: Perception's Transformative PowerSerial: RB-03478 Practice-Period_Talks Practice, Compassion, Love |
Mar 10 2011 Crestone Zen Mountain Center |
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Authentic Engagement in Zen Practice Love, Time, Practice |
Oct 09 2010 |
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Facing the Wall for Nine Years Time, Love, Work |
Sep 18 2010 Afternoon |
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January 10th, 2010, Serial No. 03704 Karmic Consciousness, Consciousness, Love |
Jan 10 2010 |
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Endless Wonderment in Zen Practice Buddha, Precepts, Love |
Nov 16 2009 |
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Causation within the Wondrous Dharma Flower Karmic Consciousness, Study, Love |
Oct 17 2009 Morning |
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Causation and Non-Self Attachment, Study, Love |
Apr 09 2009 |
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March 15th, 2009, Serial No. 03641 Love, Pain |
Mar 15 2009 |
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Current Heightened Awareness of Fear Love, Stillness, Gratitude |
Sep 20 2008 Afternoon |
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Practicing the Four Frames of Mindfulness as Gates to Totality Love, Work, Practice |
Sep 06 2008 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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Practicing the Four Frames of Mindfulness as Gates to Totality Love, Ceremony, Compassion |
Sep 06 2008 Afternoon |
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Compassion's Path to InterdependenceSerial: RB-01667I Seminar_Bodhisattva-Practice Compassion, Practice, Love |
Aug 2008 Hannover |
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Entering and Embodying Truth Soto Zen, Love, Compassion |
Jul 29 2008 |
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Yunyan Sweeps the Ground Love, Pain, Patience |
Jul 26 2008 Afternoon |
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Zen Constellations: Mindful InterconnectionsSerial: RB-01665B Talks_Constellation-Work_and_Zen Practice, Buddhism, Love |
Jul 2008 Johanneshof |
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Wholehearted Path to Enlightenment Practice, Buddha, Love |
Nov 24 2007 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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Consciousness Unfolds: Dharma in Action Time, Love, Work |
Nov 18 2007 B Mount Madonna Center |
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Zen Alignment: Pursuing Ultimate Concerns Time, Practice, Love |
Nov 16 2007 Mount Madonna Center |
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October 22nd, 2007, Serial No. 03484 Time, Practice, Love |
Oct 22 2007 |
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Mindful Narratives Shape Our Lives Love, Time, Practice |
Oct 07 2007 1 Zen Center of Pittsburgh |
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Wholehearted Living Through Buddhas Lens Practice, Love, Time |
Oct 06 2007 1 Zen Center of Pittsburgh |
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Responding with Openness to Love and HateSerial: BZ-01445 And Other Opposites, Saturday Lecture Love, Hate, Composure, Hate, Teacher-and-Student, Attachment, Precepts, Equanimity,... |
Jun 30 2007 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Embracing the Unseen Light Within Love, Buddha, Practice |
Mar 10 2007 PM No Abode Hermitage |
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January 21st, 2007, Serial No. 03394 Karma, Fox, Love |
Jan 21 2007 |
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Intentions Shape Our Karma Intention, Love, Karma |
Oct 14 2006 A Santa Barbara Zen Center |
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Navigating Self: The Illusion Unveiled Love, Intention, Study |
Oct 14 2006 C Santa Barbara Zen Center |
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Intention as Living Meditation Intention, Love, Pain |
Oct 14 2006 B Santa Barbara Zen Center |
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Fluid Morality: Interdependence and Intentions Love, Evil, Buddha |
Oct 14 2006 Santa Barbara Zen Center |
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Embracing Every Act as Enlightenment Love, Pain, Buddha |
Jun 19 2006 1 Zen Center of Pittsburgh |
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Compassionate Leaps Beyond Dogma Compassion, Wisdom, Love |
Jun 16 2006 1 Zen Center of Pittsburgh |
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Wheels of Wisdom and Compassion Love, Letting Go, Enemies |
Jun 16 2006 2 Zen Center of Pittsburgh |
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March 26th, 2006, Serial No. 03295 Love, Compassion, War |
Mar 26 2006 |
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Mahayana Abhidharma Love, Buddha Nature, Desire |
Dec 08 2005 4 The Yoga Room |
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Fear and Fearlessness Time, Love, Meditation |
Nov 13 2005 2 Cleveland Zen Center |