Do Buddhist believe in love

Answer 1

Of course! Practicing loving kindness for all beings is a cornerstone of the Buddhist philosophy. That kind of love is often compared to the love a mother feels for her child, which is not the same as the kind of love you fall into. The kind of love you fall into is quite real, but it is also a result of a misunderstanding about the true nature of reality. We all feel attachment and aversion for all sorts of things and people, and we become convinced that we will only be happy if we have the thing or person we desire, or if we avoid the things and people which we dislike, but it isn't true. True happiness happens when we can let go of desire and aversion, and feel complete loving kindness for all beings, not just the person you fall in love with.

Answer 2

The general view in Buddhism is "its better if you don't, but we understand if you do." In "The Tibetan Book of the Dead," one of the things spoken of are the "womb entrances." See, in Buddhism, a woman's Uterus is seen as a doorway, not just a woman's, the Uteruses of all female animals, goins as low as worms, which of course is the worst possible animal you can be reborn as. Myself? I hope in my next life I come back as a Basset Hound! lol. Considering how lazy I am I just may........

Moving on; the "womb entrance" is the gateway to the human world, this world. Actually never mind, "womb entrances" exist in the various Buddhist hells, as well as the various Buddhist heavens, the realm of the gods. Depending on Karma, yes, Buddhism does hold the view that you can be reborn in heaven or hell. However, even being reborn in heaven is a bad thing, reason being, even a "good" heavenly rebirth as a god, is the result of Karma, and the idea, is to "let the Karmic well run dry." For good, or ill, a rebirth ANYWHERE is a bad thing, even being reborn as a god.

Moreover, Buddhism holds of course that misfortune in life comes from evil deeds from a past life. The Tibetan Book of The Dead, or rather Prathma Sambava I think his name was, states "how needing of compassion are those ignorant of their past misdeeds! They do not know, their misfortune comes from their past evil!" Buddhism holds that the unfortunate are needing of compassion because, apparently, in your next life you get punished mercilessly for a crime you did not know you commited, and also apparently, its up to you to figure it out. How convenient for rich tyrants eh? See, this is why I incline more towards Daoism. Daoism's view is simple; you either follow heaven, or you don't, you either allow yourself to be nourished by heaven, or you don't, but if you don't, you die, and very painfully too I might add. As to what happens to the soul after death, some Daoist schools warn, ominously, that for wicked people there is only oblivion. If you wish for your soul to live on, you must not be evil. Of course this isn't about Daoist its aboud Buddhism, moving on.

Marriage is generally discouraged in Buddhism, because when a man and a woman get together in intimacy, see, a man's soul opens up a woman's womb entrance. Forgive me for being graphic here but, her uterus is the door, and a man's private part is the key, and once open, it allows a soul to enter into this world. The less womb entrances there are, the better, because it forces the soul to ignore them. It is difficult to come up with analogies, so I will try harder.

Think of Karma, as a sort of magnetic liquid. Yes, yes, that's a good analogy; a liquified magnet, that sticks to your body. As you know, magnets have two polarities, negative and positive but, for argument's sake, lets say for a moment, that the "polarity" of that liquid magnet, is a given world. For instance, you do a lot of misdeeds, the "liquid magnet" that will stick to your person will "pull" you to rebirth in a Buddhist hell. See, upon the moment of death, all souls are drawn to this world or that, according to their Karma. If you have Karma on you, good or bad, you will be pulled, very much against your will, to this world or that. In Tibet, there are special rituals conducted by the lamas, so that the soul may be reborn to a loving couple, at the very least.

Although Tibetan Buddhism is influenced by Hinduism, material circumstance, does not factor into the equation. For instance, a person with good Karma, will be reborn poor, but happy; good parents, a nice community, etc. A person with bad Karma may be reborn to the Al-Saud royal family of Saudi Arabia, which has untol trillions of dollars they are so wealthy, and be miserable their entire life, born to abusive and neglectful parents. If you are born to parents who are good people, regardless of their financial standing it means you have good Karma, according to Buddhist belief. The only way you can control your own rebirth, is by staying Karmically clean. For a favorable rebirth you only need to live a virtuous life, for a rebirth where you dictate EVERYTHING, and I mean everything, how tall or short, wealthy or poor, the EXACT circumstances, you need to wipe your Karma completely clean.

See, upon attaining Budhahood, you have three choices; you can exist as a hidden benefactor to this world, like Kannon (in Chinese, Kuan Jin), the goddess of mercy, you can cross the gate into nirvana, which is "true reality," or, you can be reborn into a life of your choosing. See, even virtuous people don't get to choose; so, you get a favorable rebirth, but, it MAY be a favorable rebirth as, say, someone who is not very handsome (or pretty). Buddhism is not too hung up on appearance regarding "favorable" or "unfavorable." There are SOME Buddhist schools who hold the view that a person of a comely appearance, has good Karma; you are only born good looking, if in a past life you did many deeds of kindness. Tibetan Buddhism though makes no mention of that, at least not that I remember. Whatever the case; a person can have a favorable birth, but they don't get to pick where, or what they will look like. Both wicked, and good people, are inexorably pulled by their Karma, and worse yet, too much Karma, good or bad, influences your thoughts when you have no body.

A disembodied soul, travels in limbo, where they will encounter both the "peaceful" and "wrathful" deities, among other wandering souls. When a womb entrance is seen, depending on Karma, the soul will feel an extremely irresistable pull towards that entrance. The only way a person can consciously and successfully resist the pull, if they have meditated for years. See, meditation, affects the strength of the spirit body, and, disembodied, a soul becomes more vulnerable to their karmic load. Meaning, you have no control at all; almost like a magnet, you feel a horribly powerful, irresistable pull, towards whatever womb entrance. Reborn into an abusive home, as a puppy, worm, into a poor but loving home, where you feel the irresistable pull is rooted in Karma. A person whose soul is perfected, purified, has absolute and total control, and they can actively and consciously ignore the womb entrances like they were nothing. Other souls, ignorant souls though, are not so lucky; regardless of how strong your willpower may be, in the end, karmic load determines manner of rebirth. Remember the Dickens classic "A Christmas Carol?" Remember Scrooge's friend? The one with the chains on him? A more vivid depiction of "karma," I have not seen; Benizer Scrooge had a friend who, like him, cheated countless people, ruined many lives. He warned Scrooge that he would be visited by three ghosts; the ghots of Christmas past, present, and future. As you well remember, Scrooge's friend, was weighed down with chains, when Scrooge asked what they were he said "these chains, represent my wicked deeds, the many people I cheated, all the lives I destroyed....." I can't think of a clearer picture of "karma" than that.

I'm sorry but, there is no direct answer to your question; it has no clear "yes" or "no" answer. As a general rule though in Buddhism it is better to marry, than to acquire bad karma from visiting brothels, seducing women and then breaking their heart, or, sleeping with the wives of former seducers. So, you're a dude who lied a lot to get women in bed? lol. How do you know someone won't do that with your wife?

If it can be done to other men, it can be done to YOU, always remember that; no one is imune.

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