Buddhability Short: What Is Love?

Buddhability

SGI-USA

Health & Fitness, Self-help, Self-care, Religion & Spirituality, Mental Health, Buddhism

4.9 • 603 Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Buddhability Shorts is a series where we break down a Buddhist concept or common life challenge we’ve touched on in an interview. Today, we’re learning how Buddhism can help us in relationships and love.

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Episode Mentioned:

On Self-Love and Relationships

References:

Discussions on Youth, pp. 60–67.

Transcript

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0:00.0	From SGI USA, I'm Cassidy Bradford and this is Budability.
0:07.0	The weekly series where I talk with Buddhists from all walks of life about the power we each have to change our lives and the world around us.
0:24.9	Have you ever been in love?
0:27.5	It can be intense.
0:31.6	The rush you feel when you say I love you to your inevitable first big fight.
0:36.8	How do you know if there's someone you want to be with long term?
0:40.5	What does true love even look like?
0:43.8	Maybe you're longing for your first love.
0:46.9	The giddy feeling when you see a text from your crush.
0:50.9	Then, the self-doubt when they leave you on red.
0:55.0	Or you might not even be interested in love.
0:58.7	Is that okay?
1:00.2	Love and everything that accompanies it can be a roller coaster.
1:05.7	Sometimes it's hard to navigate.
1:08.0	So today we're talking about what Buddhism can teach us about love. Let's take a minute
1:16.9	and reflect on the status of your love life. Are you dating someone? Do you want to be? How do you
1:24.0	feel about them? How do they make you feel?
1:28.3	When you get a text from them, what's your gut reaction?
1:32.3	Excitment?
1:34.3	Maybe dread?
1:36.3	Wherever you're at, it's good to assess whether you're being swayed this way or that by them.
1:42.3	Maybe your self-esteem plummets when someone is a little hesitant
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