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Love Talks
Love is a feeling of strong attraction and emotional attachment to 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 or good habit, or the 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, infatuated love (limerence), 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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April 14th, 2018, Serial No. 04429 Wisdom, Love, Attachment |
Apr 14 2018 |
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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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Embracing Non-Duality Through PracticeSerial: RB-03820 Practice-Period_Talks Practice, Love, Practice Period |
2013 Johanneshof |
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October 13th, 2012, Serial No. 03999 Practice, Delusion, Love |
Oct 13 2012 |
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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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November 3rd, 2011, Serial No. 03894 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 |
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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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October 17th, 2009, Serial No. 03680 Karmic Consciousness, Study, Love |
Oct 17 2009 |
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April 9th, 2009, Serial No. 03647 Attachment, Study, Love |
Apr 09 2009 |
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March 15th, 2009, Serial No. 03641 Love, resistance, Pain |
Mar 15 2009 |
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September 20th, 2008, Serial No. 03590 Love, Stillness, Gratitude |
Sep 20 2008 |
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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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Compassion's Path to InterdependenceSerial: RB-01667I Seminar_Bodhisattva-Practice Compassion, Practice, Love |
Aug 2008 Hannover |
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July 29th, 2008, Serial No. 03580 Soto Zen, Love, Compassion |
Jul 29 2008 |
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July 26th, 2008, Serial No. 03579 Love, Pain, Patience |
Jul 26 2008 |
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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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November 18th, 2007, Serial No. 03498 Time, Love, Work |
Nov 18 2007 |
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November 16th, 2007, Serial No. 03492 Separation, Love, Meditation |
Nov 16 2007 |
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October 22nd, 2007, Serial No. 03484 Time, Practice, Love |
Oct 22 2007 |
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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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January 21st, 2007, Serial No. 03394 Karma, Fox, Love |
Jan 21 2007 |
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June 19th, 2006, Serial No. 03319 Pain, Love, Buddha |
Jun 19 2006 |
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June 16th, 2006, Serial No. 03313 Compassion, Love, Wisdom |
Jun 16 2006 |
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March 26th, 2006, Serial No. 03295 Love, Compassion, War |
Mar 26 2006 |
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December 8th, 2005, Serial No. 03262 Buddha Nature, Love, Desire |
Dec 08 2005 |
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November 13th, 2005, Serial No. 03255 Love, Meditation, Buddha |
Nov 13 2005 |
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October 30th, 2005, Serial No. 03244 Love, Buddha, Practice |
Oct 30 2005 |
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October 30th, 2005, Serial No. 03246 Buddha, Time, Love |
Oct 30 2005 |
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Embracing The Arrival of MindSerial: RB-01645A Seminar_Living_Original_Mind Time, Zazen, Love |
Sep 2005 Oldenburg |
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Embracing Shadows for Spiritual Growth Practice, Love, Evil |
Aug 04 2005 Tassajara |
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Zen Pathways: Discovering Interconnected EnlightenmentSerial: RB-01644 Sesshin_7 Enlightenment, Bell, Love |
Aug 2005 Johanneshof |
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Finding Freedom in Zen HarmonySerial: RB-03077 Seminar_Identity_and_Freedom Love, Practice, Freedom |
Jun 2005 Hannover |
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Zen Pathways: Freedom and IdentitySerial: RB-03073 Seminar_Identity_and_Freedom Freedom, Practice, Love |
Jun 2005 Hannover |
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Embodied Self: Zen's Lived Body InsightSerial: RB-03945 Practice-Week_The_Lived_Body Love, Time, Practice |
May 2005 Johanneshof |
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Mindful Harmony Through LanguageSerial: RB-03227 Seminar_The_Four_Foundations_of_Mindfulness Time, Love, Observe |
May 2005 Rastenberg |
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Zen Life: Intimacy and FreedomSerial: RB-01637G Practice-Month_Talks_2 Enlightenment, Bell, Love |
2005 Johanneshof |
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Embracing Emptiness in Everyday Life Love, Suzuki Roshi, Buddha |
Nov 13 2004 Unknown |
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June 8th, 2004, Serial No. 03205 Time, Love, Work |
Jun 08 2004 |