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Love is not an emotion. Influenced by the emotion of patriotism, groupism and ideology people maim and kill other people of differing sects and views.
It is pure consciousness that is love, and this is revealed in a state where there is no defilements or impurities in the consciousness in the form of cravings and aversions.
All crimes and violence can be traced back to cravings and aversions which forces one to transcend virtuous conduct and turn vicious.
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When even one virtue becomes our nature, the mind becomes clean and tranquil. Then there is no need to practice meditation; we will automatically be meditating always. ~ Swami Satchidananda
Wholesome virtuous behavior progressively leads to the foremost.~ Buddha AN 10.1
If you do right, irrespective of what the other does, it will slow down the (turbulent) mind. ~ Rajini Menon
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