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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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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

April 14th, 2018, Serial No. 04429

Wisdom, Love, Attachment
Apr 14 2018

Consciousness Uniting Mind and Experience

Serial: RB-03900

Seminar_Layers_of_Awareness_and_Consciousness

Consciousness, Time, Love
Jun 2017
Rastenberg

Embracing Non-Duality Through Practice

Serial: RB-03820

Practice-Period_Talks

Practice, Love, Practice Period
2013
Johanneshof

October 13th, 2012, Serial No. 03999

Practice, Delusion, Love
Oct 13 2012

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

November 3rd, 2011, Serial No. 03894

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

January 10th, 2010, Serial No. 03704

Karmic Consciousness, Consciousness, Love
Jan 10 2010

Endless Wonderment in Zen Practice

Buddha, Precepts, Love
Nov 16 2009

October 17th, 2009, Serial No. 03680

Karmic Consciousness, Study, Love
Oct 17 2009

April 9th, 2009, Serial No. 03647

Attachment, Study, Love
Apr 09 2009

March 15th, 2009, Serial No. 03641

Love, resistance, Pain
Mar 15 2009

September 20th, 2008, Serial No. 03590

Love, Stillness, Gratitude
Sep 20 2008

Practicing the Four Frames of Mindfulness as Gates to Totality 

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

Compassion's Path to Interdependence

Serial: RB-01667I

Seminar_Bodhisattva-Practice

Compassion, Practice, Love
Aug 2008
Hannover

July 29th, 2008, Serial No. 03580

Soto Zen, Love, Compassion
Jul 29 2008

July 26th, 2008, Serial No. 03579

Love, Pain, Patience
Jul 26 2008

Zen Constellations: Mindful Interconnections

Serial: RB-01665B

Talks_Constellation-Work_and_Zen

Practice, Buddhism, Love
Jul 2008
Johanneshof

November 18th, 2007, Serial No. 03498

Time, Love, Work
Nov 18 2007

November 16th, 2007, Serial No. 03492

Separation, Love, Meditation
Nov 16 2007

October 22nd, 2007, Serial No. 03484

Time, Practice, Love
Oct 22 2007

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

January 21st, 2007, Serial No. 03394

Karma, Fox, Love
Jan 21 2007

June 19th, 2006, Serial No. 03319

Pain, Love, Buddha
Jun 19 2006

June 16th, 2006, Serial No. 03313

Compassion, Love, Wisdom
Jun 16 2006

March 26th, 2006, Serial No. 03295

Love, Compassion, War
Mar 26 2006

December 8th, 2005, Serial No. 03262

Buddha Nature, Love, Desire
Dec 08 2005

November 13th, 2005, Serial No. 03255

Love, Meditation, Buddha
Nov 13 2005

October 30th, 2005, Serial No. 03244

Love, Buddha, Practice
Oct 30 2005

October 30th, 2005, Serial No. 03246

Buddha, Time, Love
Oct 30 2005

Embracing The Arrival of Mind

Serial: RB-01645A

Seminar_Living_Original_Mind

Time, Zazen, Love
Sep 2005
Oldenburg

Embracing Shadows for Spiritual Growth

Practice, Love, Evil
Aug 04 2005
Tassajara

Zen Pathways: Discovering Interconnected Enlightenment

Serial: RB-01644

Sesshin_7

Enlightenment, Bell, Love
Aug 2005
Johanneshof

Finding Freedom in Zen Harmony

Serial: RB-03077

Seminar_Identity_and_Freedom

Love, Practice, Freedom
Jun 2005
Hannover

Zen Pathways: Freedom and Identity

Serial: RB-03073

Seminar_Identity_and_Freedom

Freedom, Practice, Love
Jun 2005
Hannover

Embodied Self: Zen's Lived Body Insight

Serial: RB-03945

Practice-Week_The_Lived_Body

Love, Time, Practice
May 2005
Johanneshof

Mindful Harmony Through Language

Serial: RB-03227

Seminar_The_Four_Foundations_of_Mindfulness

Time, Love, Observe
May 2005
Rastenberg

Zen Life: Intimacy and Freedom

Serial: RB-01637G

Practice-Month_Talks_2

Enlightenment, Bell, Love
2005
Johanneshof

Embracing Emptiness in Everyday Life

Love, Suzuki Roshi, Buddha
Nov 13 2004
Unknown

June 8th, 2004, Serial No. 03205

Time, Love, Work
Jun 08 2004

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