Families and relationships - Buddhism Flashcards
1
Q
Homosexuality
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‘If people are not harming each other, their private lives are their own business’ - Hsing Yung
2
Q
Marriage / fidelity
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‘Not to be content with one’s own wife - this is a cause of one’s downfall’ - The Buddha
3
Q
family planning / contraception
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‘But only recently has the size of our population grown to the point that it has a direct impact on nature’ - The Dalai Lama
4
Q
Divorce
A
‘If a husband and wife really cannot live together […] they should have the liberty to separate and live peacefully’ - Ven Dhammananda
5
Q
Parenting
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‘I will support them who supported me; I will do my duty to them’ - Sigalovada Sutta
6
Q
Gender equality
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‘you must respect women: every woman’ - The Dalai Lama
