Spiritual Warrior
author: B.T. Swami
edition: 2005, Hari Nama Press
pages: 1281
ISBN-10: 9350981602
ISBN-13: 9789350981603
Topic: Vaishnavism
What Is Love?
This chapter describes What Is Love? located on page 39 in the book Spiritual Warrior (six volumes) compiled by Bhakti Tirtha Swami. These books presents a universal approach to religion and spiritual growth that attempts to reconcile several important spiritual traditions. Although philosophically derived from the Vaisnava tradition, the first book is aimed primarily at people influenced by a number of other traditions, including Christianity and Islam and ‘new age’
Summary of contents for the chapter What Is Love?—• The World Lacks Love • Love Is Not About Getting Something, • Love Is Not a Feeling • Love Is Not Always Pleasant • Jealousy and Envy Are Not Love • Love Is Stronger than Doubt • The Source of Love • Unconditional Love Is Spiritual • A Gathering of Sages, • Love Is Unmotivated Service • Becoming Transcendental • Daily Life Is a Training Ground • Questions and Answers.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “What Is Love?” according to 211 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Complete works of Swami Abhedananda [by Swami Prajnanananda]
Animal love in man is the love of self, which is identified with the gross physical body. The body being the centre of love, animal love includes love of that which is connected with the body, of every object that is related to the physical form and of all things that bring a pleasing sensation or a comfortable feeling to the animal self. This love leads to the worship of the gross physical body. The vast majority of mankind love their bodies and bodily comforts....
Read full contents: Chapter 1 - Human Affection and Divine Love
Parables of Rama [by Swami Rama Tirtha]
Here is artificial love. Natural love cannot be imitated and he was trying to imitate love. There came up to him a man, and told him, "Brother, what are you doing? That is not the way to become Majnun. If you want to become Majnun, you need not take up his lady love; you ought to have the real internal love of Majnun. You do not want the same object of love; you require the same intensity of love....
Read full contents: Story 47 - True Imitation
The Religion and Philosophy of Tevaram (Thevaram) [by M. A. Dorai Rangaswamy]
all this love of the soul being love for love s sake, love for God Himself and not even for its experience as of the ecstasy of divine union, this Love finally leading to the Beatific vision of God in paradise; where rapt in Divine love the mystic is transformed into God....
Read full contents: Chapter 2 - Bridal Mysticism
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[Spiritual Warrior: index]
[About the Author (Bhakti Tirtha Swami)]
[Volume 1, About the book]
[Volume 1, Preface]
[Volume 1, Foreword]
[Volume 2, About the book]
[Volume 2, Preface]
[Volume 2, Foreword]
[Volume 3, About the book]
[Volume 3, Preface]
[Volume 3, Foreword]
[Volume 4, About the book]
[Volume 4, Preface]
[Volume 4, Foreword]
[Volume 5, About the book]
[Volume 5, Preface]
[Volume 6, About The Book]
[Volume 6, Foreword]