Sunday, March 1, 2009

MARRIAGE - An act to realise Brahma

What’s a marriage?
A marriage is a personal social obligation. To make human species to keep evolving we need humans to have union and keep the continuity of generations. No religion says that marriage is bad. Yes, Hinduism says that Brahmacharya is always better to get spiritual powers in ones life for enlightenment to illuminate the life.
“ Marriage for the satisfaction of the sensual appetite is no marriage. It is concupiscence” - Mahathma Gandhi
Marriage is neither holy nor unholy. A marriage is a partnership of equality, gentleness, generosity, calm and dedication. Each is complimentary to the other, giving strength and moral courage to each other, supporting and appreciating the other in caring and providing for the family.
As per Budhist teaching marriage is a partnership of two individuals and that this partnership is enriched and enhanced when it allows the personalities involved to grow. Marriage means understanding and respecting each other’s belief and privacy.
Humans work very hard for happiness right from the time he or she gets into the senses. Due to ignorance, one is not able to understand what exactly gives happiness. He is not able to differentiate between happiness and pleasure. He then understands that what gives pleasure gives happiness and to be happy is to experience pleasure.
Children born out of pleasure of union are then nurtured to keep the continuity of generation in a healthy social life. Emotions and Intelligence are the gift which God has given to human beings. We all evolved from monkeys. You see how a monkey keeps its dead child embraced to his body till it start giving smell. Yes we learn the emotions of humans through the biological acts.
Marriage ensures that this responsibility of human being is upheld and carried on. Institution of marriage provides a fine basis for the development of culture, a delightful association of two individuals to be nurtured and to be free from loneliness and fear.
Suitable and understanding wives and husbands are a gift to a marriage. In marriage each partner develop a complimentary role giving strength and moral courage to each other.
Each manifesting supportive and appreciative recognition of others skill in caring and providing for the family. No thought of superiority on one another comes. One must feel complimentary to the other in calmness and total dedication with utmost faith on one another. Marriage is a worshiped institution where you need to adjust to each other, learn to give and take what is given in return. It teaches tolerance to the young couple.
A feeling of security and contentment comes from mutual understanding which is the secret of a happy married life. Patience, tolerance and understanding are important disciplines to be observed and practiced by all people in marriage.
Young generation must listen to their elders before taking decisions on marriages as it may lead to a miserable situation later. Practice of keeping the loved one and friends and relatives as witness to the marriage and getting their blessings are to create a fear of society in the couple to live in harmony and respect each other and become an acceptable member in the society.
One must become unselfish and care deeply the person they love. They must make enormous sacrifices and develop love and understanding to ensure happy and stable marriages.
Freedom in marriage should be considered in a union of two not otherwise. Accepting to follow one path is always leads to a successful marriage. Do not think that old fashioned ides are different from the modern thoughts and the modern society. There are some eternal truths of culture which never gets out dated. Modern thoughts presented through medias do not represent the majority of Indians. Whether it is Ekata’s TV serial or a movie with plural marriages. What is being represented in the mass media are just not even one percent of Indian culture.
Yes, these are the terrorism against our culture.
What’s a marriage?
A marriage is a personal social obligation. To make human species to keep evolving we need humans to have sex and keep the continuity of generations. No religion says that marriage is bad. Yes Hinduism says that Brahmacharya is always better to get spiritual powers in ones life for enlightenment to illuminate the life.
“ Marriage for the satisfaction of the sexual appetite is no marriage. It is concupiscence” - Mahathma Gandhi
Marriage is neither holy nor unholy. A marriage a partnership of equality, gentleness, generosity, calm and dedication. Each is complimentary to the other, giving strength and moral courage to each other, supporting and appreciating the other in caring and providing for the family.
As per Budhist teaching marriage is a partnership of two individuals and that this partnership is enriched and enhanced when it allows the personalities involved to grow. Marriage means understanding and respecting each other’s belief and privacy.
Human work very hard for happiness right from the time he or she gets into the senses. Due to ignorance one is not able to understand what exactly gives happiness. He is not able to differentiate between happiness and pleasure. He then understands that what gives pleasure gives happiness and be happy is to experience pleasure.
Children born out of pleasure of sex are then nurtured to keep the continuity of generation in a healthy social life. Emotions and Intelligence are the gift, God has given to human beings. We all evolved from monkey. You see how a monkey keeps its dead child embraced to his body till it start giving smell. Yes we learn the emotions of humans through the biological acts. A marriage ensures that this responsibility of human being is upheld and carried on. Institution of marriage provides a fine basis for the development of culture, a delightful association of two individuals to be nurtured and to be free from loneliness and fear. Suitable and understanding wives and husbands are a gift to a marriage. In marriage each partner develop a complimentary role giving strength and moral courage to each other. Each manifesting supportive and appreciative recognition of others skill in caring and providing for the family. No thought of superiority on one another comes. One must feel complimentary to the other in calmness and total dedication with utmost faith on one another. Marriage is an worshiped institution where you need to adjust to each other, learn to give and take what is given in return. It teaches tolerance to the young couple.
A feeling of security and contentment comes from mutual understanding which is the secret of a happy married life. Patience, tolerance and understanding are important disciplines to be observed and practiced by all people in marriage. Young generation must listen to their elders before taking decisions on marriages as it may lead to a miserable situation later. Practice of keeping the loved one and friends and relatives as witness to the marriage and getting their blessings are to create a fear of society in the couple to live in harmony and respect each other and become an acceptable member in the society. One must become unselfish and care deeply the person they love. They make enormous sacrifices and develop love and understanding to ensure happy and stable marriages.
Freedom in marriage should be considered in a union of two not otherwise. Accepting to follow one path is a successful marriage. Do not think that old fashioned ides are different from the modern thoughts and the modern society. There are some eternal truths of culture which never gets out dated. Modern thoughts presented through medias do not represent the majority of Indians. Whether it is Ekata’s TV serial or a movie with plural marriages. What is being represented in the mass media are just not even one percent Indian culture. Yes, these are the terrorism against our culture.

Jai Hind
Ashok Kini