Episode 228 - Be Love

Episode 228 - Be Love

Author: JoAnn Fox: Buddhist Teacher May 12, 2026 Duration: 42:02
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If you've ever longed for love—and let's be honest, who hasn't?—you'll recognize the familiar dance our minds do. We build the "ideal" in our heads. We make lists of the qualities we need in a partner. We dissect our past heartbreaks like forensic investigators, trying to figure out exactly what went wrong.
 
We search and search, looking outward for that one person who will finally fill the cup. But what if we're looking at the map upside down?
 
Buddhist wisdom suggests that the path to fulfillment isn't about finding the perfect love, but about becoming it. We resolve to become a source of love for others. It's important to note that to "Be Love" isn't a practice just for single people. This practice is for parents, for people with parents, and for those with a partner, neighbors, or co-workers. Essentially, the practice of love opens an endless well of happiness for anyone who tries to get good at it.
 
In Buddhism, love isn't just a warm, fuzzy feeling that washes over you. Love is a verb. It is the active wish for another person to be happy. But more than just a wish, it's a wish with legs, a readiness to actually do something to move the needle on someone else's joy.
 
The intention of love manifests in a million different ways: from the BIG life sacrifices to the small moments, like taking out the trash, or the profound act of accepting someone exactly as they are. When we act from this place, we make others feel seen, understood, and accepted.
 
Essentially, we start giving the world exactly what we've been longing to receive. This is to Be Love. 
 
Cultivating the intention of love has the power to:
- transform relationships
- level up our happiness
- give us profound peace

"Cease to do evil, 

cultivate the good, 

purify the mind; 

this is the teaching of the Buddhas" 

Buddha, Dhammapada (Verse 183)

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