MARRIAGE
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The Vedic design for marriage and family life is the result of 10,000 years of in-depth study, research and trials on various lifestyles by our rishis, who ultimately created a proven system. This system of living supported a society without depression, planned to maximize enjoyment and creativity.
While the West has been exploring the outer world and creating more ways to experience external comforts, the East has looked inward in its search for fulfillment.
Rishis are wise leaders who have studied the inner world, found the very purpose of the existence and ultimately realized the Self. In this experience of the Self, or enlightenment, they discovered the fulfillment that humans desperately seek in vain in the outer world.
The Vedic studies resulted in the design of various pathways, each one leading towards the same goal of fulfillment.. Brahmacharyam and its sister path, Sannyas, are considered the swiftest roads to supreme realization. Grihasta, the householder path, includes marriage and family life. It is designed to provide realization of higher truths through a more externalized lifestyle.
Couples commit to support each other both in their life together and in their progress towards enlightenment.
- A person asked the Master, "Can you give me a technique to relate with the 18 – handed devi (a Hindu Goddess)?" Swami laughed and said, "First learn to relate with your 2 handed wife!"
- A Teenager – How does one completely satisfy a girl, Swamy? Paramahamsa – If I know the answer, why would I become a sannyasi The Teenager – come on Swami....tell me please Paramahamsa – Satisfying the partner fully is not possible because the mind as such cannot be satisfied.