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Love is a form of Buddha energy
CSEe
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In my life I do feel so call " love" , love for my family , my fish ( koi ) , love for my work , my money , my car etc . But what is actually love???? Can it be so many kind of love ? Certainly the love for my wife is differant love to my mom , and ofcause the love for my dad is totally different from the love to my fish ...right ?
In Buddha I wanted to belief there is only one kind of love.... and is the same for all....non living and living . The sincere care , un-conditional , no demand , no expectation love but sincere feeling for the betterment of others is Buddha .
I love my wife but I will be angry if she seeing another man...... is that real love?????? I love my daughter but when she naughty I will scolded her.....is that real love ????
In Buddha ..... is UN-CONDITIONAL just like putting a baby bird back into her nest but we dont take them as our pets .... thats is Buddha .
I hope for more disccussion and know more on Buddha just to prepare before my final day .
Thks
Ee
In Buddha I wanted to belief there is only one kind of love.... and is the same for all....non living and living . The sincere care , un-conditional , no demand , no expectation love but sincere feeling for the betterment of others is Buddha .
I love my wife but I will be angry if she seeing another man...... is that real love?????? I love my daughter but when she naughty I will scolded her.....is that real love ????
In Buddha ..... is UN-CONDITIONAL just like putting a baby bird back into her nest but we dont take them as our pets .... thats is Buddha .
I hope for more disccussion and know more on Buddha just to prepare before my final day .
Thks
Ee
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One simple way to define love in Buddhism could be, for example:
~~~ A sincere wish for others to be happy. ~~~
As you indicated in your post, this love is unconditional. It is based on detachment and unselfish interest in others' welfare.
Conditional love on the other hand becomes more an opposite, we can call this selfish love. The term love is usually about attachment, about relationships, about sex; all of which are rarely without self-interest.
It is important to note that when we engage in anger, ill-will and hatred, we automatically move away from acts of selfless love or loving-kindness and gravitate towards selfishness, self interest, and harmfulness.
pls dont ask me to read buddha books.... I found it hard.
Metta,
S
There is nothing wrong with emotions and loving bonds, but that's not compassion. It doesn't mean you can't feel special emotions for one person, either.
Let's illustrate it this way. You love your daughter. Suppose you looked out your window and saw a neighbor child hitting your daughter and stealing her ice cream. Do you feel the same love for the other child that you do for your own? Do you feel the same loving concern?
Of course not, you would be angry at the terrible neighbor child and at her parents for raising a child to be a bully and not want that child to come around again. But, if you looked out the window and your daughter was doing the hitting, would you want you own daughter not to come around and blame yourself for being a terrible parent? Or would you be concerned for the problem your child has and how it's going to cause her pain in the future?
Buddhist compassion is more than an emotional bond with someone we know or a general feeling sorry for others. The love we call compassion extends to everyone without boundaries.
I recommend that you listen to this Ajahn Sumedho talk -
"Metta For All Conditions -Contemplating Metta as unconditional love and acceptance "
http://www.dharmaseed.org/teacher/10/talk/3679/
With kind wishes,
D.
but we all hv to learn as in Buddha only pure good energy without any ill feeling .
To Dazzle , to me learning Buddha must be easy and fun ,if difficult or boring then it must be wrong . Sorry in advance I find it hard to read .... but I really hope we could share our view from disccussion thats better way .
Y\Thks
Ee
Okey dokey - it was just a suggestion. However, Ajahn Sumedho has never claimed to be a master and is highly respected. Sometimes different views taken from chat groups can be confusing when people are in different stages of understanding.
with kind wishes,
D
Compassion is better. Compassion is wishing for some being to no longer suffer. To no longer suffer is a permanent thing. So, it's good ultimately.