Is the Noble Eightfold Path applicable to a sustained romantic love, a committed relationship? Yes
Read moreAsk A Buddhist: Can LGBT people be ordained?
Questions about sexuality shouldn’t be an issue among Buddhist monastics because of what you noted above: celibacy. However, shouldn’t be doesn’t mean it isn’t.
Read moreAsk A Buddhist: Is Buddhism compatible with gods?
In point of fact, the Buddha did talk about Gods (I’ll buck convention here if the editor will allow it)—the Devas that populate different realms of existence.
Read moreAsk A Buddhist: What happens to someone after suicide?
As suicide harms the victim as well as those left behind, it is clearly an act with significant consequences.
Read moreAsk A Buddhist: Was the Buddha a Deadbeat Dad?
It's important to note that people in his time really saw value in leaving the household life at some point in their lives. A number of kings did so late in life.
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