Love Talks

Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, 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. Most commonly, love refers to a feeling of strong attraction and emotional attachment.

Love is considered to be both positive and negative, with its virtue representing human kindness, compassion, and affection—"the unselfish, loyal, and benevolent concern for the good of another"—and its vice representing a human 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, 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 color 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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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

How Love Drives the World

Serial: BZ-00122B

Saturday Lecture

Love, Emotions, Hate, Anger, Buddha Nature, War, Ego, Attachment, Peace, Cultivation...
Nov 04 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Happiness and Love

Serial: BZ-00948B

Saturday Lecture

Happiness, Love, New Year, Happiness, Liberation, Equanimity, Attachment, Buddha Mind...
Jan 07 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Nagarajuna and Dogen on Buddhanature

Serial: 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

Buddhist Perspective on Love and Relationships

Serial: BZ-00394A

Sesshin Day 3

Love, Passions, Desire, Emotions, Liberation, New Year, Hate, Teacher-and-Student,...
Sep 03 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

On Love: The Four Unlimited Abodes

Serial: BZ-00001B

Saturday Lecture

Love, Enemies, Equanimity, Emotions, Lovingkindness, Happiness, training, Politics,...
May 21 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

Land, Suffering, and Spiritual Synergy

Sangha, Thoroughness, Ego, Love, Building
Nov 04 1979

Zen Serenity in Wild Places

Ordinary Mind, Breath, Mindfulness, Love, Samadhi
Feb 16 1979

Living the Bodhisattva Path

Intention, Love, Vow, Big Mind, Paramitas
Dec 07 1978

Naming the Essence of Zen

Ceremony, Chanting, Anger, Continuous Practice, Love
Nov 17 1978

October 31st, 1978, Serial No. 00589

Lineage, Practice Period, Dokusan, Love
Oct 31 1978

Zen Paradoxes in Daily Life

Zendo, Concentration, Love, Bodhidharma, Patience
Apr 02 1978

Zen, Love, and Practice

Love, Happiness, Buddha Nature, Ceremony, Posture
Mar 30 1978

November 5th, 1976, Serial No. 00042

Community, Right Effort, Money, Love, Commitment
Nov 05 1976

Zen Effort and Mindful Presence

Gutei, Mindfulness, Concentration, Evil, Love
Dec 06 1975

Embracing Life's Intrinsic Contradictions

Vow, Intention, Love, Don't Know Mind, Greed
Oct 30 1975

Embracing Contradictions Through Vows

Vow, Intention, Love, Greed, Sixth Patriarch
Oct 30 1975

February 14th, 1975, Serial No. 00547

Manjushri, Vow, Love, Passions, Funeral
Feb 14 1975

Zen Resilience Through True Nature

First Principle, Attachment, Love, Emotions, confusion
Aug 16 1974

Zen Resilience Through Suffering

First Principle, Attachment, Love, Tozan, Pain
Aug 16 1974

Transcending Pain Through Poetic Effort

Love, heart, Pain, Dragons, First Principle
Jun 19 1974

Buddhism: The Unavoidable Path

Love, Heart Sutra, Lotus Sutra, Vow, heart
Nov 13 1973

October 26th, 1973, Serial No. 00644

Faith, Doubt, Concentration, Perfect Wisdom, Love
Oct 26 1973

Buddhism: Falling in Love with Reality

Love, Concentration, Perfect Wisdom, Manjushri
Oct 25 1973

Love and Buddhism's Transformative Power

Love, Concentration, Perfect Wisdom, Vimalakirti
Oct 25 1973

Beyond Duality: Entering Samadhi

Evil, Concentration, Compassion, Paramitas, Love
Oct 22 1973

Boundless Bliss Through Samadhi

Evil, Concentration, Samadhi, Paramitas, Love
Oct 22 1973

August 27th, 1973, Serial No. 00143

Big Mind, Religion, Love, Bowing
Aug 27 1973

August 16th, 1973, Serial No. 00141

Buddha Nature, Greed, Love, Daily Life, Hindrances
Aug 16 1973

Zen in Everyday Moments

Baso, Vow, Seigen Gyoshi, Love, Sixth Patriarch
Dec 18 1972

Cultivating Continuous Mindful Practice

Practice Period, Mandala, Anger, Love, Nirmanakaya
Dec 16 1972

Breath as the Essence of Being

Breath, Death, Love
Dec 01 1972

Attaining Enlightenment Through Practice Paradox

Doubt, Sangha, Love, Samadhi, Hindrances
Oct 21 1972

Living Zen: Essence and Practice

Faith, Love, Doubt, Ego
Oct 14 1972

Living the Paradox of Zen

Bodhidharma, First Principle, Dragons, Love, Passions
Apr 29 1972

Dying to Self, Embracing Oneness

Love, Sesshin, Faith, Death, Nirmanakaya
Apr 02 1972

Living Zen Beyond Cultural Boundaries

Money, Love, Ceremony, Bell
Jan 22 1972

Zen Unfolded: East Meets West

Mandala, Ceremony, Rinzai, Freedom, Love
Jan 18 1972

Unknown Date, Serial 00348

Love, Money, Commitment, Greed, Hate
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