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Date: 27 Jan 1996 20:43:01 -0800
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|...directed towards those who have attained satori 

not sure, depending on what you mean by 'satori' here.  many meanings possible

|(please state your sect, out of interest):

buddhism is nonsectarian.  that Buddhism is so indicates it corruption

|...What is love (of the sort between a man and a woman) to one who
|has attained satori?

there is a range of possibility.  normal intimacies are codependent, attached

|...how can ...a person [who has transcended the world of distinctions, 
|...shrugged off all worldly desires and cut themselves free of the 
|passions] love another? 

freely and without attachments

|The nature of such love is that a person must *desire* another person,
|that they must *need* that particular person more than they need
|any other person in the world. 

this is false in extremity.  love varies across human experience
 you are most probably thinking of lust

|...not possible for a buddha to love someone in this way, 

ONLY possible for a buddha to love without attachments, yes
 buddhas come and go, even during your experience

|since a buddha's love is equal for all other beings and buddhas. 

only due to buddha-nature.  in a karmic process the love cannot be
 said to be 'equal for all other beings/buddhas'.  this is a false idol

|It would not be fair for a buddha to have a relationship with another 
|person when they cannot possibly have the "correct" feelings for that 
|person. Comments?

false.  there are no 'correct feelings'.  those which an ordinary person
 experiences are attachment-based.  the buddha is purely compassionate,
 loving unconditionally.  a relationship with such a being would be very
 transformative and challenging, and if pursued diligently, would lead
 to awakening

|...if the whole of humanity attains buddhahood at once 

meaningless and impossible, logically.  the concepts of 'whole of humanity'
 and 'attaining buddhahood' are overly vague to be useful except in the
 shallower teachings.  where love is concerned, awakening happens at every
 instant, in response to sincere receptivity
 
|...would [this] mean the end of marital-type relationships?

as far as contracts, yes, since they would not be necessary.
 but intimacy would blossom and multiple 'marriages' in terms
 of dedicated and mutually reinforcing, though nonattached,
 loving relationships would be more often seen as commonplace