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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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April 14th, 2018, Serial No. 04429 Wisdom, Love, Attachment |
Apr 14 2018 |
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October 13th, 2012, Serial No. 03999 Practice, Delusion, Love |
Oct 13 2012 |
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November 2011 talk, Serial No. 03906 Pain, Love, Wisdom |
Nov 2011 |
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November 2011 talk, Serial No. 03905 Love, Letting Go, Addiction |
Nov 2011 |
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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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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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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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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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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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November 13th, 2005, Serial No. 03255 Love, Meditation, Buddha |
Nov 13 2005 |
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October 30th, 2005, Serial No. 03246 Buddha, Time, Love |
Oct 30 2005 |
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October 30th, 2005, Serial No. 03244 Love, Buddha, Practice |
Oct 30 2005 |
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July 2002 talk, Serial No. 03069 Samadhi, Love, Time |
Jul 2002 |
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July 2002 talk, Serial No. 03072 Buddha, Time, Love |
Jul 2002 |
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January 27th, 2002, Serial No. 03049 Samadhi, Love, Practice Period |
Jan 27 2002 |
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Our Hero Lotus Sutra, Love, Buddha |
Jul 04 2001 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center |
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How Love Drives the WorldSerial: BZ-00122B Saturday Lecture Love, Emotions, Hate, Anger, Buddha Nature, War, Ego, Attachment, Peace, Cultivation... |
Nov 04 2000 Berkeley Zen Center |
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June 26th, 2000, Serial No. 02975 Love, Pain, Patience |
Jun 26 2000 |
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June 15th, 2000, Serial No. 02973 Consciousness, Love, Study |
Jun 15 2000 |
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May 19th, 2000, Serial No. 02969 Love, Pain, Ego |
May 19 2000 |
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1998, Serial No. 02902 Anger, Love, Lovingkindness |
1998 |
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1998, Serial No. 02901 Love, Anger, Compassion |
1998 |
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1998, Serial No. 02903 Practice, Time, Love |
1998 |
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1998, Serial No. 02897 Love, Happiness, Pain |
1998 |
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October 12th, 1997, Serial No. 02876 Buddha, Love, Zazen |
Oct 12 1997 |
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Presence in Anxiety: Mindful Decision Dynamics Time, Love, Happiness |
1996 |
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Happiness and LoveSerial: BZ-00948B Saturday Lecture Happiness, Love, New Year, Happiness, Liberation, Equanimity, Attachment, Buddha Mind... |
Jan 07 1995 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Nagarajuna and Dogen on BuddhanatureSerial: BZ-00659B Happiness, Reward, and Love, One-Day Sitting Buddha Nature, Happiness, Love, Buddha Nature, Happiness, Birth-and-Death, Daily Life... |
Nov 07 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Hermitage of the HeartSerial: NC-00040 Part of "The Hermitage of the Heart" Archival Photo OSB Cam, Love, Time, Culture |
1993 1 of 3 New Camaldoli Hermitage |
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Buddhist Perspective on Love and RelationshipsSerial: BZ-00394A Sesshin Day 3 Love, Passions, Desire, Emotions, Liberation, New Year, Hate, Teacher-and-Student,... |
Sep 03 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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On Love: The Four Unlimited AbodesSerial: BZ-00001B Saturday Lecture Love, Enemies, Equanimity, Emotions, Lovingkindness, Happiness, training, Politics,... |
May 21 1983 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Land, Suffering, and Spiritual Synergy Sangha, Thoroughness, Ego, Love, Building |
Nov 04 1979 |
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Zen Serenity in Wild Places Ordinary Mind, Breath, Mindfulness, Love, Samadhi |
Feb 16 1979 |
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Living the Bodhisattva Path Intention, Love, Vow, Big Mind, Paramitas |
Dec 07 1978 |
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Naming the Essence of Zen Ceremony, Chanting, Anger, Continuous Practice, Love |
Nov 17 1978 |
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October 31st, 1978, Serial No. 00589 Lineage, Practice Period, Dokusan, Love |
Oct 31 1978 |
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Zen Paradoxes in Daily Life Zendo, Concentration, Love, Bodhidharma, Patience |
Apr 02 1978 |
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Zen, Love, and Practice Love, Happiness, Buddha Nature, Ceremony, Posture |
Mar 30 1978 |
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November 5th, 1976, Serial No. 00042 Community, Right Effort, Money, Love, Commitment |
Nov 05 1976 |
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Zen Effort and Mindful Presence Gutei, Mindfulness, Concentration, Evil, Love |
Dec 06 1975 |