Buddhism Wedding Ceremony

This morning Aug 12, 2017 (Jun 21, leap month, lunar calendar), monks of Hoang Phap Pagoda witness the Buddhism Wedding Ceremony for the young couple; groom Nguyen Trung Son and bride Tran Huynh Yen Thanh.

This important day is the meaningful start in marriage life for couples with the witness, blessings and advices from virtuous monks about principles in family, proper behaviors and experiences for a home-sweet-home.

After Buddhism wedding rites as offering incense to Buddha, words from representatives of the two families and handing wedding rings, ... in Buddhism dignified and warm atmosphere, Venerable Thich Tam Hue delivers a Dharma talk as the guidance to young couple before their marriage life. To have a happy marriage, spouses should always love, respect each other, listen to, and take care of the family. In the meantime, partners should be tolerant forgiving mistakes of husband/wife with compassion and ease. Simultaneously, husband/wife should fulfill all the relevant duties in the family as per Buddha teaching in Sigalovada Sutra:

* Husband should be polite and elegant, entrust housework to his wife for her decision, buy her jewelry within his means, be punctual and be faithful.

* Wife should be polite, gentle and respectful, go to bed after and wake up before her husband, be a good wife with skillful housework, fresh face, sweet speech and faithful to her husband, fulfill her role in the family, preserve prosperity of the family, be saving, avoid wasting resources of the family, take care of and breed children.

If we apply Buddha's teachings to our family life properly, we will be able to enjoy a sustained happiness in the family in the whole life.

At the end of the ceremony, the Venerable presents wedding gift and Buddhism marriage certificate to the just-married couple.

Following are the recorded photographs:

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