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Love Awakening - Learn Wisdom of Love from Buddha
Starting an intimate relationship is like embarking on an adventure. Love is a road that has sweetness, exclusivity, jealousy, and disputes... Love traps people in emotional entanglements. You suffer when you can't get what you want, when you are met with hatred, and when you are separated from loved ones. Love is a practice. Use the Dharma to water the seeds of awakening, learn to know yourself and your loved ones more deeply, see clearly each other's craving, attachment or ave...
[Introduction] The Deeper Meaning of Love Stories in Buddhist Scriptures
Are you troubled by love? Take a look at the love stories in Buddhist scriptures. Through them, we can learn how to approach love with wisdom, so we don't end up creating our own suffering in relationships. ■ Editorial Office Who do you actually love? "Do you love me?" "Who do you love—me or that other person?" Questions like these often surface in romantic relationships, whether directed at our partner ...
Practical Guide: Awakening Yourself and Others through Love
Can monastics also fall in love? How to continue spiritual practice amid the storms of love? Let's learn from the experiences of Thich Nhat Hanh and Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche— awakening themselves in relationships while benefiting each other, thereby transforming personal love into compassion for all. ■ Editorial Office Thich Nhat Hanh: The Seed of Love Exists in Everyone's Heart "Look deeply into the nature of your first love, and you will see the Buddha.&quo...
[Practice] Venerable Chang Ti on young people's confusion about love
Love is a part of life, and it is also a journey of understanding ourselves and one another. How can we walk through life hand in hand with a companion, maintaining both intimacy and independence? Venerable Chang Ti, who often accompanies young people in studying "Life Awareness," shares a Buddhist perspective on finding inner peace amidst the emotional experiences of love. ■ Venerable Chang Ti 常提法師 (Nung Chan Monastery Youth Group) 1. How can you know what kind of pers...