Saturday, 05/02/2026
Wedding Ceremony at the pagoda
Update: 14/08/2025
The wedding ceremony at the pagoda is an opportunity for the groom and the bride to listen to the monks conveying Buddha's teachings on the way of being a wife, a husband, a bride, a groom and a parent in the future. This organizing at the temple is to create conditions for the couple to rely on the support of the Sangha, Three Jewels.
The grooms and brides 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 in the witness of Triple Jewel and their relatives.
On behalf of present monks, Junior Thich Tam Truong, Abbot of the pagoda, had teachings on the principles to husband and wife.
Not only based on the foundation of love or material things, the happiness of a Buddhist family needs to be cultivated with love, understanding and morality. To live happily, the Buddha taught that we need to practice the six harmonies. That is to live in harmony with each other in every action, together creating a warm and close space; The words between husband and wife must be nurtured with gentleness, avoiding hurting each other through anger or competition; The mind must agree, share and respect each other. If there are differences in opinion, we need to listen to each other, discuss and explain in a spirit of seeking knowledge. Both need to maintain a moral lifestyle, support each other in cultivating body and mind, and cultivate good karma; in everything, from housework to taking care of children, always share fairly and unanimously.
No matter how many ups and downs a family goes through, if a family maintains the above principles in marriage, the family will still be a peaceful place, a place to nurture true and lasting love.
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