King Parsenadi: "Bhante, i heard you told us that the more we love the more we are suffred. I can see some truth from you remark, but i still i feel uncomfortable with that remark. Without love our life is so empty and meaningless. would you explain to me your point?"
Buddha: "Your Highness, you give me a good question and it will be useful for others. There are many kind of loves. It's better for us to analyse the nature of every love thoroughly. Our lives require love presence, but not a desire, inherent, or prejudice one. Your Highness, there are kind of loves that is needed, viz. maitri and karuna (compassion and pure love).
Buddha: "Your Highness, you give me a good question and it will be useful for others. There are many kind of loves. It's better for us to analyse the nature of every love thoroughly. Our lives require love presence, but not a desire, inherent, or prejudice one. Your Highness, there are kind of loves that is needed, viz. maitri and karuna (compassion and pure love).
"Generally, when we are talking about love, we just talk about love that exists between parent and children, husband and wife, relatives, or certain community. Because these nature of love is trapped in a concept of "me" and "you," this kind of love will always be trapped in inherence and discrimination. People just want to love their parents, lover, relatives, children, and people int their community. Since it's trapped in inherence, they worry if people they love are in danger even before antyhing happen to those people. when people they love are hurt or wounded, they will suffer a lot as well."
" Love that is based on discrimination will spread and grow prejudices. People will become apatic or even hate those who are beyond their compassion space. inherence and discrimination are suffering for human and other creature. Your Highness, a love we need is maitri and karuna. Maitri is a love that is capable of bringing happiness to us. Karuna is a love that is capable of relieving others' suffering."
" Maitri and Karuna don't demand any return. Maitri and Karuna don't is not restricted to our parents, lover, relatives, and children solely. Maitri and Karuna spread to entire universe. There are no discrimination, and "you" and "me" concept in maitri and karuna. Maitri and karuna relieve our suffering. With maitri and karuna, our lives is full of happiness, satisfaction, and peace."
Source: Old Path White Cloud
Thich Nhat Hanh
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