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Sri Ramakrishna on Three Kinds of Love

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa explains the three kinds of love among human beings.

There are other kinds of love: sadharani, samanjasa, and samartha. In the first, which is ordinary love, the lover seeks his own happiness; he doesn’t care whether the other person is happy or not. That was Chandravali’s attitude toward Krishna.



In the second, which is a compromise, both seek each other’s happiness. This is a noble kind of love. But the third is the highest of all.

Such a lover says to his beloved, ‘Be happy yourself, whatever may happen to me.’ Radha had this highest love. She was happy in Krishna’s happiness.