- What Did the Buddha Really Say About a Mother's Love?
Doug takes up three passages that seem to pull against one another: the Mettā Sutta's image of a mother's love for her only child as the model of boundless kindness, the Buddha's words to a grieving grandmother that those with a hundred…
- What Did the Buddha Teach About Love and Relationships?
Does early Buddhism allow for romantic affection and love? We'll look at two ways to understand love, both as universal and as personal, and how the Buddha regarded them.
- Paths to Merit Transfer in Early Buddhism?
What is the idea of "the transfer of karmic merit" in Buddhism? We'll look into that and whether it can be found in the early material. We will also see ways we can make use of it in our practice.