Desire is negative; love is positive.
Desire is a devil; love is an angel.
Desire is toxic; love is tonic.
Desire is fire; love is water.
Desire is a friend of corruption; love is a friend of loyalty.
Corruption is blamed; love is praised.
Desire is blind; love is wise.
Desire is dirty; love is pure.
Desire is tricky; love is honest.
Desire is valueless; love is valuable.
Desire makes you burn; love makes you warm.
Desire is completely opposite to the meaning of love.
May you all understand true meaning of love.
When I write this small book about ‘Buddhist philosophy on married life’, there are two reasons for this book. First of all, I love the Buddha’s philosophy on married life. Second, many people who are interested in Buddhism and who are far away from Buddhist society know that Buddhism is a kind of meditation or may be a deep philosophy. It was not wrong but also not entirely correct because there are a number of discourses that were particularly instructed for married life or family life not in religious way to perform but in philosophical way to practice in life.
Actually I try to share my knowledge on Buddhism with those who would like to learn Buddhism as a way of life or as a kind of philosophy. I explained most of discourses that focused on the family life given by the Buddha in his time. In my opinion, Buddhism is much easier to practice as a lay person if you understand it correctly and properly because there are not many rules and regulations for Buddhist people to practice Buddhism. Nowadays you can also learn meditation technique anywhere in the world if you are willing and prepared to do so.
However, in this small book I quoted the discourses that focused on married life to share with those who want to live in family life and love Buddhist philosophy and who want to practice it in daily life. This book is not intended for meditation technique but I explained a bit of meditation technique that you can start at home if you really want to try. I hope you will get it. If you get it as you learn, I would be happy. May all of you who touch this book be touched with my heart and my love.