"Love is the wish that sentient beings meet with fresh and unprecedented bliss. Similarly, compassion is the wish that they be separated from suffering and, from now onwards, the ways in which suffering arises are stopped. Joy is the mental bliss that is brought forth by rejoicing and liking it when other sentient beings experience… Continue reading THE POWER OF LOVE AND ITS ROLE IN LIBERATION. The Buddhist vs. worldly view of love and attachment and its connection to joy and bliss, and Je Tāranātha on love as the ‘water of compassion’ and an essential qualification of a teacher
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The nature and importance of genuine love in Buddhism
“The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love.” — Henry Miller "People carry roses, And make promises by the hour, My love she laughs like the flowers, Valentines can't buy her." — Bob Dylan Today, when globally people celebrate love on Valentine's… Continue reading The nature and importance of genuine love in Buddhism
WHAT IS LOVE? The Buddhist view vs. the worldly view of love, attachment and equanimity and as an essential quality of a Buddhist teacher
"There is an idea that love is generally love we have for our children, families, lovers or spouses. Yet, in reality, this kind of love can easily breakdown over small or big matters, sometimes over something very trivial like taking personal offence at what someone said to you, or you thinking they ‘disrespected’ you. It… Continue reading WHAT IS LOVE? The Buddhist view vs. the worldly view of love, attachment and equanimity and as an essential quality of a Buddhist teacher
‘Love is the water of compassion’: Tāranātha on the ‘four immeasurables’ in ‘A Hundred Blazing Lights’
Today, for the anniversary of the parinirvāṇa of Jetsun Tāranātha (28th of the 3rd Tibetan month), and as part of the launch of the new publication of Tāranātha's 'Meaningful to See', this post, is about the section from his more extensive commentary, A Hundred Blazing Lights on the second preliminary practice, 'generating a mind of… Continue reading ‘Love is the water of compassion’: Tāranātha on the ‘four immeasurables’ in ‘A Hundred Blazing Lights’