Buddhist view of marriage

Being past one's youth, to take a young wife and to be unable to sleep for jealousy of her—this is a cause of one's downfall.While Buddhism may neither encourage nor discourage getting married, it does provide principles regarding it.

[5][6] In the Sigalovada Sutta (Digha Nikaya 31), Gautama Buddha advised husbands to honor and respect their wives, be faithful, and share authority in managing household affairs.

The new easy-come, easy-go relationships give us more freedom—but less contentment.The Pali Canon (the standard collection of scriptures in the Theravada Buddhist tradition, as preserved in the Pāli language, and the most complete extant early Buddhist canon) bars both female and male monastics from both homosexual and heterosexual activities.

[11] According to the Pāli Canon and Āgama (the Early Buddhist scriptures), there is not any saying that same-sex or opposite sex relations have anything to do with sexual misconduct.

[16][17][13] The Dalai Lama once stated:[18] From a Buddhist point of view, physical touching between men-to-men and women-to-women is generally considered sexual misconduct.However, the Dalai Lama later clarified his position stating gay marriage is "OK", provided it's not in contradiction with the values of one's chosen religion.

[23] Hsing Yun, founder of the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist order, has called for tolerance towards the LGBT community.