By Franklin Lewis — 2009
For Rumi, love is the astrolabe of God’s mysteries and the animating force of creation.
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Pema Khandro Rinpoche on cultivating the boundless love of a bodhisattva.
The ultimate goal of Buddhist practice isn’t about achieving mental health.
How to love yourself and others.
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bell hooks meets with Thich Nhat Hanh to ask: How do we build a community of love?
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The practice of love, says bell hooks, is the most powerful antidote to the politics of domination. She traces her thirty-year meditation on love, power, and Buddhism, and concludes it is only love that transforms our personal relationships and heals the wounds of oppression.
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For many of us, opening our hearts to ourselves may be the hardest part of the path. John Welwood on how and why meditation helped him do it—unconditionally.