What if love isn’t what you think it is?

12/06/2025 40 min
What if love isn’t what you think it is?

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You might think of love as a fleeting feeling, reserved for family, friends, or romance, but what if love was just the starting point? What if true transformation came not from emotion, but from practice?In this heartwarming episode of Cultivating Inner Peace, host Anshu Bahanda is joined by Venerable Bhante Sujatha, a Buddhist monk and the founder of the Blue Lotus Temple in the U.S., to explore loving kindness not as a mood or virtue, but as a daily discipline that reshapes how we relate to others, to pain, and to ourselves.Together, they unpack what it means to turn love into a lifestyle, and how practicing loving kindness can rewire your reactions, shift your inner dialogue, and soften even your toughest relationships, including the one you have with yourself. Through real-life stories, gentle wisdom, and unexpected truths (like why competition and kindness cannot co-exist), Bhante shows us how love becomes stronger, deeper, and freer when it is trained like a muscle.Have you ever struggled to forgive someone? Or found it easier to be kind to others than to yourself? Or wondered if kindness makes you weak?🎧 Watch now to learn why loving kindness is not a luxury, but a necessity for emotional resilience, self-worth, and lasting peace.For a transcript of this show, go to https://wellnesscurated.life/what-if-love-isnt-what-you-think-it-is-2/Leave a review📌 Follow us for more expert-led conversations where science meets self-care.