Wedding Ceremony at the pagoda

Hoang Phap Pagoda solemnly organized a wedding ceremony on Feb. 12th, 2023 (Feb. 22nd, Year of the Cat) for the couples of bridegrooms and bride:

1. Nguyen Duc Thinh (religious name: Tinh Huy) and Luu Pham Thanh Duyen (religious name: Lien Duyen)

2. To Trung Truc and Le Thi Thu Hien (religious name: Quang My Dung)

3. Le Nguyen Dang Khoa ( religious  name: Nhuan Hoc) and Vo Thi Minh Hang (religious name: Duc Dung Sang).

The wedding ceremony at the pagoda is an opportunity for the groom and the bride to listen to the monks conveying the Buddha's teachings on religion: being a wife, being a husband, being a bride, being a groom and being a parent in the future. The organization of the wedding ceremony at the temple is to create conditions for the couple to return to rely on the support of the Sangha, the Three Jewels.

Under the witness of Triple Jewel and their relatives, the groom and bride performed traditional rites, such as prostrating Three Jewels and parents, giving wedding rings for each other and vowing whole life to live to follow the moral principles that the Buddha taught.

On behalf of present Monks, Junior Thich Tam Truong, Abbot of Hoang Phap Pagoda, had teachings on the principles to husband and wife. The key to a happy family is harmony. "Harmony" is the root of happiness. The husband and wife getting along will be a warm and happy couple, the parents getting along with their children will maintain family morality, and the education for the next generations will be easier.

In addition, The Junior reminded the couple to carefully prepare the necessary things for their future. It is the returning to rely on the Three Jewels, keeping on five precepts. Each member in the family needs to study Buddha Dharma, live a good life, and believe in the law of cause and effect. The five precepts are the basic ethics of being human. The keeper of five precepts will have peace for this life and the next one.

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