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Across world spiritual traditions, love is a profound and multifaceted concept. Many traditions converge on the idea that love is a fundamental force for connection and unity. However, they diverge in their understandings of its nature and expression.

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Serve, love, give, purify, meditate, and realize
Swami Sivananda
HinduTeachingCleansing HeartsHelpfulness
All About Hinduism, p. 1
You have been born in this world as a human being to worship God, so try to cultivate love for his divine presence.
Ramakrishna Paramhamsa
HinduTeachingDevotionLove
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, p. 780
The psychic personality within us blossoms as the saint, the sage, or the seer. When it reaches its full potential, it directs the being toward self-awareness and the divine, toward the highest truth, goodness, beauty, love, and bliss, and the divine expanses, opening us to the experience of spiritual sympathy, universality, and oneness.
Sri Aurobindo
HinduTeachingAttainmentLove
The Life Divine, p. 253
With the coming of ego, the stream of love ceases to flow. Where 'I' dwells, God Formless does not; and where God dwells 'I' does not.
Baba Gurbachan Singh Ji
UniversalTeachingEgoLove
Stream of Thoughts 60
Ever keep the Guru's form in remembrance; always repeat the Guru's name; follow the Guru's instruction without fail; and let the mind dwell on nothing other than the Guru.
गुरुमूर्तिं स्मरेन्नित्यं गुरुनाम सदा जपेत् । गुरोराज्ञां प्रकुर्वीत गुरोरन्यन्न भावयेत्
HinduScriptureGuruLoveSanskrit
Guru Gita 18
The Lord said: O Goddess, you are my very Self. Out of my love for you I shall speak. This question of yours, which benefits all the world, has never been asked by anyone before.
ईश्वर उवाच - ममरूपासि देवि त्वं त्वत्प्रीत्यर्थं वदाम्यहम् । लोकोपकारकः प्रश्नो न केनापि कृतः पुरा
HinduScriptureHelpfulnessLoveSanskrit
Guru Gita 4
God is more tender to His servants than a mother to her nursing child.
Al-Ghazali
SufiTeachingKindnessLoveArabic
Alchemy of Happiness (Al-Ghazali — scripture edition), p. 13
The man who abides in God’s love must be dead to himself and all created things, and regard himself as a mere unit among a thousand million.
Meister Eckhart
ChristianTeachingLoveOneness
Meister Eckhart Sermons, p. 18
I have loved thee with an everlasting love, therefore with loving kindness have I drawn thee.
Meister Eckhart
ChristianScriptureBenevolenceKindness
Meister Eckhart Sermons, p. 9
This secret psychic entity is the true, original conscience within us, deeper than the conventional conscience constructed by moralists. It always points us towards truth, rightness, beauty, love, harmony, and all the divine possibilities within us, persisting until these become the primary needs of our nature.
Sri Aurobindo
HinduTeachingHarmonyLove
The Life Divine, p. 253
Listen to me, brother, and bring the vision of the Beloved into your heart.
Bhagat Kabir Ji
HinduTeachingLoveVision
Songs of Kabir, p. 50
Whoever offers a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or even water with devotion, I accept it, as it is offered with a loving heart.
HinduScriptureDevotionLove
All About Hinduism, p. 106
The one who practices non-violence develops cosmic love to the highest degree. The practice of non-violence eventually leads to the realization of one's true self or the unity of the Self.
Swami Sivananda
HinduTeachingHarmonyLove
All About Hinduism, p. 38
Life is a journey of transformation from impurity to purity, hatred to love, death to immortality, imperfection to perfection, and slavery to freedom, ultimately leading to eternal bliss and infinite strength.
Swami Sivananda
HinduTeachingLoveReformation
Bliss Divine, p. 281
Everything can be achieved simply through the love of God. If one is able to love God, they will not lack anything.
Ramakrishna Paramhamsa
HinduTeachingAttainmentLove
Tales and Parables of Sri Ramakrishna, p. 178
God sees the inner love of a devotee and accepts his offering.
Surendra
HinduTeachingDevoteeLove
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, p. 829
One should never think they are the only ones with true understanding, looking down on others. Instead, love everyone, for nobody is a stranger. God resides in all beings; nothing exists without Him.
Ramakrishna Paramhamsa
HinduTeachingKnowledgeLove
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, p. 468
Upon attaining that love, the devotee sees everything as full of spirit and consciousness. They understand that Krishna, his abode, and the devotee themselves are all consciousness; everything is consciousness.
Ramakrishna Paramhamsa
HinduTeachingAttainmentDevotee
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, p. 289
My Divine Mother is not only formless, but she also has forms. One can see her forms and behold her incomparable beauty through feelings and love.
Ramakrishna Paramhamsa
HinduTeachingLoveOneness
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, p. 143
The essence of all spiritual discipline is the love of God. Through love, one naturally acquires renunciation and discrimination.
Ramakrishna Paramhamsa
HinduTeachingLoveOneness
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, p. 100