Consciousness-Altering Love | Pamela Ayo Yetunde
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“Call me naive, but I still believe in the power of love.”   During NYZC’s recent Contemplative Care Retreat, guest dharma teacher Pamela Ayo Yetunde shares a dharma talk focusing on love, a medicine for hatred. The understanding of Buddhist love Ayo offers here contrasts views of love that are delusional, clinging, co-dependent, possessive and […]
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