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Chinese Wedding Ceremony Held In Buddhist Monastery

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While weddings held in chapels or churches are the norm in the West, we generally don’t equate Buddhism with marriage. Recently however 30 new couples sought the blessing of a monk at a Chan (Zen) monastery in Zhejiang. Many netizens question whether such ceremony was considered proper in the context of Buddhism or whether this was just all a spectacle.

From Tiexue:

The afternoon of November 21st, 2009, 30 newly to-be-married couples participated in a mass wedding at the thousand year old Chan (Zen) Temple located at Zhujiwuxie Scenic Area in Zhejiang Province. The newly to-be-wed couples prayed in front of the Buddha, and received the highest blessings from the abbot at the Temple.

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Comments on KDS:

阿童木:

zzrisme:

Bad custom, I do not know who thought this up.

JIMMY:

It is very expensive for weddings to be held in churches, a temple is probably cheaper.

倒霉的女:

Marriage is sacred [ordained by divinity].

摇摇摆摆:

Buddhist monasteries from its inception strictly regards sex as taboo. From thousands of years until now, have already degenerated to this point, this really is laughable…and a bunch of people together pretending to believe in the Buddha, I’m speechless~

咖啡糖:

This is called socialist temple with Chinese characteristics.

伐要起管一:

The monk is getting married? Putting a ring on that woman?

Comments on Tiexue:

xuqingtx:

Within the gates of the temple is suppose to be immaculate, this is not right.

曾经的一毛二:

The groom devoutly prayed in front of the Buddha: “Mighty Buddha, you must bless me with a wife who is in her original package [a virgin].”
The bride devoutly prayed in front of the Buddha: “Mighty Buddha, you must bless me that my hymen operation was successful.”

hlmmhlmm:

The Bodhisattva despondently said: you walked into the wrong place…the church is a road ahead to the left.

铁血用户高级:

That’s enough, this is just  a commercial scheme.

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