Area of Study 1D: Buddhism - Section 2: Marriage and the Family — Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies B
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- 2.1 The importance and purpose of marriage in Buddhism: divergent understandings of the significance of marriage in Buddhist life; divergent Buddhist teachings about marriage, including its importance, the Sigalovada Sutta, and the possible ideal of celibacy; divergent non-religious (including atheist and Humanist) attitudes to the importance of marriage in society, including a lack of importance, cohabitation and the Buddhist responses to these attitudes.