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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-discrimination

Serial: TL-00790

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Vimalakirti Sutra, Manjushri, Buddha Ancestors, Love, Lotus Sutra, Buddha
Apr 17 2023
Hybrid

Valentine’s Day, Perfect Wisdom, Patriotism, and the White Supremacist Party

Serial: TL-00687

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Love, Practice, War
Feb 14 2021
Zoom

Martin Luther King Day and the Assault on the Capitol

Serial: TL-00685

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Love, War, Time
Jan 18 2021
Zoom

March 15th, 2020, Serial No. 04523

Buddha, Love, Work
Mar 15 2020

Zen Therapy: Emotional Paths Converged

Serial: RB-02391

Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy

Practice, Love, Culture
Jun 2018
Rastenberg

The Womb of the Tathagata #1

Flower Adornment Sutra, Koan, Book of Serenity, Wisdom, Love, Attachment
Apr 14 2018
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Consciousness Uniting Mind and Experience

Serial: RB-03900

Seminar_Layers_of_Awareness_and_Consciousness

Consciousness, Time, Love
Jun 2017
Rastenberg

Awakening the Fourth Mind

Serial: RB-04183L

Talks_Various_1

Work, Meditation, Love
2015

Embracing Non-Duality Through Practice

Serial: RB-03820

Practice-Period_Talks

Practice, Love, Practice Period
2013
Johanneshof

The Mind of Mountains and Waters and the Body of Liberation

Practice, Delusion, Love
Oct 13 2012
C
Santa Barbara Zen Center

Exploring Self Through Zen Lenses

Serial: RB-03840

Seminar_The_Freedom_of_the_Self

Practice, Love, Time
Sep 2012
Johanneshof

Presence Over Attachment in Zen

Serial: RB-01688G

Seminar

Love, Time, Consciousness
2012
Kassel

The Bodhisattva's Creativity and Freedom 

Love, Suffering, Addiction
Nov 03 2011

November 2011 talk, Serial No. 03905

Love, Letting Go, Addiction
Nov 2011

November 2011 talk, Serial No. 03906

Pain, Love, Wisdom
Nov 2011

Zen Embodiment in Therapeutic Practice

Serial: RB-03547

Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy

Love, Time, Practice
Jun 2011
Rastenberg

Intimate Immediacy: Perception's Transformative Power

Serial: RB-03478

Practice-Period_Talks

Practice, Compassion, Love
Mar 10 2011
Crestone Zen Mountain Center

Authentic Engagement in Zen Practice

Love, Time, Practice
Oct 09 2010

Facing the Wall for Nine Years 

Time, Love, Work
Sep 18 2010
Afternoon

January 10th, 2010, Serial No. 03704

Karmic Consciousness, Consciousness, Love
Jan 10 2010

Endless Wonderment in Zen Practice

Buddha, Precepts, Love
Nov 16 2009

Causation within the Wondrous Dharma Flower 

Karmic Consciousness, Study, Love
Oct 17 2009
Morning

Causation and Non-Self 

Attachment, Study, Love
Apr 09 2009

March 15th, 2009, Serial No. 03641

Love, Pain
Mar 15 2009

Current Heightened Awareness of Fear 

Love, Stillness, Gratitude
Sep 20 2008
Afternoon

Practicing the Four Frames of Mindfulness as Gates to Totality 

Love, Work, Practice
Sep 06 2008
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

Practicing the Four Frames of Mindfulness as Gates to Totality 

Love, Ceremony, Compassion
Sep 06 2008
Afternoon

Compassion's Path to Interdependence

Serial: RB-01667I

Seminar_Bodhisattva-Practice

Compassion, Practice, Love
Aug 2008
Hannover

Entering and Embodying Truth 

Soto Zen, Love, Compassion
Jul 29 2008

Yunyan Sweeps the Ground 

Love, Pain, Patience
Jul 26 2008
Afternoon

Zen Constellations: Mindful Interconnections

Serial: RB-01665B

Talks_Constellation-Work_and_Zen

Practice, Buddhism, Love
Jul 2008
Johanneshof

Wholehearted Path to Enlightenment

Practice, Buddha, Love
Nov 24 2007
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Consciousness Unfolds: Dharma in Action

Time, Love, Work
Nov 18 2007
B
Mount Madonna Center

Zen Alignment: Pursuing Ultimate Concerns

Time, Practice, Love
Nov 16 2007
Mount Madonna Center

October 22nd, 2007, Serial No. 03484

Time, Practice, Love
Oct 22 2007

Mindful Narratives Shape Our Lives

Love, Time, Practice
Oct 07 2007
1
Zen Center of Pittsburgh

Wholehearted Living Through Buddhas Lens

Practice, Love, Time
Oct 06 2007
1
Zen Center of Pittsburgh

Responding with Openness to Love and Hate

Serial: BZ-01445

And Other Opposites, Saturday Lecture

Love, Hate, Composure, Hate, Teacher-and-Student, Attachment, Precepts, Equanimity,...
Jun 30 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

Embracing the Unseen Light Within

Love, Buddha, Practice
Mar 10 2007
PM
No Abode Hermitage

January 21st, 2007, Serial No. 03394

Karma, Fox, Love
Jan 21 2007

Intentions Shape Our Karma

Intention, Love, Karma
Oct 14 2006
A
Santa Barbara Zen Center

Navigating Self: The Illusion Unveiled

Love, Intention, Study
Oct 14 2006
C
Santa Barbara Zen Center

Intention as Living Meditation

Intention, Love, Pain
Oct 14 2006
B
Santa Barbara Zen Center

Fluid Morality: Interdependence and Intentions

Love, Evil, Buddha
Oct 14 2006
Santa Barbara Zen Center

Embracing Every Act as Enlightenment

Love, Pain, Buddha
Jun 19 2006
1
Zen Center of Pittsburgh

Compassionate Leaps Beyond Dogma

Compassion, Wisdom, Love
Jun 16 2006
1
Zen Center of Pittsburgh

Wheels of Wisdom and Compassion

Love, Letting Go, Enemies
Jun 16 2006
2
Zen Center of Pittsburgh

March 26th, 2006, Serial No. 03295

Love, Compassion, War
Mar 26 2006

Mahayana Abhidharma

Love, Buddha Nature, Desire
Dec 08 2005
4
The Yoga Room

Fear and Fearlessness

Time, Love, Meditation
Nov 13 2005
2
Cleveland Zen Center

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