Buddha about Love - Buddha about life
As blood nourishes the heart and keeps it flowing, so love nourishes spiritual freedom and keeps it flowing. The bond is so strong that Buddhism , also known as the Path of Freedom, could be described as a religion of love. Perhaps this is what the Dalai Lama meant when he said his religion is kindness . Love, according to the Buddha, is one of the paths to complete spiritual liberation. If we call Buddhism a religion of love, we must define what we mean by love, or more specifically, what types of love we include. Because freedom is the ultimate guide, measure, and goal of all things Buddhist. Indeed, in keeping with the general practise of Buddhist teachings, Nhat Hanh delivers distilled infusions of clarity, employing simple language and metaphor to address the most fundamental concerns of the soul. To receive his teachings, one must actively commit not to succumb to the Western pathology of cynicism, our flawed self-protection mechanism that readily dismisses ...