Teachings on Love

The fourth important subject in the sutra concerns the trap of complexes — thinking you are better, worse than, or equal to others. All of these complexes arise because we think we’re a separate self. Happiness built on the notion of a separate self is weak and unreliable. Through the practice of meditation, we come to see that we “inter-are” with

How can we live in a way that brings a smile, the eyes of love, and happiness to everyone we encounter?

Joyous feelings have a capacity to transform the feelings of sorrow and pain in us.

the art of Avalokiteshvara — one person expressing herself, while the other person listens deeply. When you speak, you tell the deepest kind of truth, using loving speech, the kind of speech the other person can understand and accept. While listening, you know that your listening must be of a good quality to relieve the other person of his sufferin

Possessive love is like a dictatorship. We want to control the one we love, dictating what they can and cannot do. In wholesome love relationships, there is a certain amount of possessiveness and attachment, but if it is excessive, both lover and beloved will suffer.

Freedom here means to transcend the trap of harmful desires.

Please calligraph the sentence, “Are you sure?” on a piece of paper and tape it to your wall.

Relying on the Dharma can also be called “taking refuge in the island of self,” the island of peace in each of us.

The Buddha said that once we realize that we are the closest and most precious person on Earth to ourselves, we will stop treating ourselves as an enemy.