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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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Nanquan Subtly Offers a Garland of Dharma

Buddha, Love, Avatamsaka Sutra
Apr 12 2025
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Eternal Presence: Buddha's Living Wisdom

Lotus Sutra, Love, Nirvana
Nov 21 2020

Awakening Through Impermanence's Embrace

Love, Impermanence, Effort
Mar 15 2020

Precepts as Path and Companion

Precepts, Love, Enlightenment
Jan 2020

The Womb of the Tathagata #1

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

Compassionate Listening for Inner Peace

Love, Letting Go, Mindfulness
Nov 13 2016

Compassionate Acrobats: Balancing Self and Others

Letting Go, Love, Mindfulness
Nov 13 2016

Relinquishing Control for True Liberation

Attachment, Love, Vow
Nov 23 2014

The Mind of Mountains and Waters and the Body of Liberation

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

Desire's Path to Compassionate Presence

Love, Attachment, Desire
Jan 08 2012

Embracing Grief: Pathway to Renewal

Letting Go, Happiness, Love
Nov 13 2011

The Bodhisattva's Creativity and Freedom 

Love, Suffering, Addiction
Nov 03 2011

Embracing Letting Go for Growth

Love, Letting Go, Addiction
Nov 2011

Authentic Engagement in Zen Practice

Love, Time, Practice
Oct 09 2010

Facing the Wall for Nine Years 

Time, Love, Work
Sep 18 2010
Afternoon

Embracing Timeless Karma in Zen

Karmic Consciousness, Love, Stillness
Jan 26 2010

Zen Harmony: Stillness in Motion

Karmic Consciousness, Stillness, Love
Jan 20 2010

Embracing Delusion for Enlightenment

Karmic Consciousness, Love, Stillness
Jan 10 2010

Endless Wonderment in Zen Practice

Buddha, Precepts, Love
Nov 16 2009

Embracing Chaos Through Compassion

Love, Study, Anger
Oct 18 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

Compassion's Path: Wisdom Through Love

Love, resistance, 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

Entering and Embodying Truth 

Soto Zen, Love, Compassion
Jul 29 2008

Yunyan Sweeps the Ground 

Love, Pain, Patience
Jul 26 2008
Afternoon

Living Enlightenment Through Daily Devotion

Vow, Bodhisattva Vow, Love
Feb 22 2008

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

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

Embracing the Unseen Light Within

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

Compassion Through Zen Calmness

Karma, Love, Study
Jan 18 2007

Fluid Morality: Interdependence and Intentions

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

Intention as Living Meditation

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

Navigating Self: The Illusion Unveiled

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

Intentions Shape Our Karma

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

Embracing Every Act as Enlightenment

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

Wheels of Wisdom and Compassion

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

Compassionate Leaps Beyond Dogma

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

Unconditional Love

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War, Love, Compassion, Separation, Happiness, Heart Sutra, Evil
Mar 26 2006
Green Gulch Farm

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

Leaping Clear: Embrace Crisis Moments

Love, Ceremony
Oct 30 2005

Embracing Crisis: Pathway to Wisdom

Love, Mill Valley
Oct 30 2005

Beyond Buddhism: Embracing Interconnected Harmony

Love, Bodhidharma, Buddhism
Jun 05 2005

Love Beyond Boundaries and Beliefs

Love, Duality, Suzuki Roshi
Jan 16 2005

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