Concept
Love
Caring about someone's wellbeing, including when it is inconvenient and including when they have not earned it.
11 passages · 5 traditions
Astrology
Buddhist
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Dhammapada 3–6"They abused me, they hit me! They beat me, they robbed me!" For those who bear such a grudge, hatred is never laid to rest. "They abused me, they hit me! They beat me, they robbed me!" For…ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Saṁyutta Nikāya 47.13, “With Cunda”"Sir, this novice Cunda says that Venerable Sāriputta has become fully quenched. This is his bowl and robe. Since I heard this, my body feels like it's drugged. I'm disorientated, and the te…ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Sutta Nipāta 1.8, “The Discourse on Love”Let them be capable and upright, very upright, easy to speak to, gentle and humble; content and unburdensome, unbusied, living lightly, alert, with senses calmed, courteous, not fawning on f…
Christian
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1 Corinthians 13:4–7Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud, doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; d…ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
John 11:33–36When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, and said, "Where have you laid him?" They told him, "Lord, come and…ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Luke 10:30–35Jesus answered, “A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. By chance a certa…ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Matthew 5:43–48"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray fo…
Secular reflection
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Reflection: the account I am keepingThere is an account open in your name, and you are the only one making entries in it. That is the strange part. The person who wronged you has, in all likelihood, stopped thinking about it.…ReflectionWritten for this collection
Reflection: What is left of themGrief is not an emotion so much as a change of address. Everything is where it was, and the person is not, and the mismatch has to be worked through one object at a time — the mug, the side…