LỄ HẰNG THUẬN CHO ĐÔI BẠN TRẺ
- Andrew Nguyễn Cao Hoàng
- Sau Ying Cheng .
Thứ bảy: 9 tháng 1 năm 2016
Ngày 30 tháng 11 âm lịch Ất Mùi
Cha Mẹ họ trai:
- Thục Hà Nguyễn Chí Sơn
- Nguyên Giác Đặng Thị Minh Chung
Cha Mẹ họ gái:
- Kam Choi Cheng
Tác bạch lễ Hằng Thuận
(do Đh.Thục Hà đại diện hai họ tuyên đọc)
Kính bạch trên Chư Tôn Thượng Tọa chứng minh,
Hôm nay ngày thứ bảy, 9 tháng 1 năm 2016, nhằm ngày mùng 30 tháng 11 âm lịch Ất Mùi, đại diện hai gia đình hai họ của chúng con, gia đình đàn trai: Thục Hà Nguyễn Chí Sơn và Nguyên Giác Đặng Thị Minh Chung; gia đình đàn gái là ông bà Kam Choi Cheng và Chau Mui Lai, cùng nhau tác lễ thành hôn cho hai cháu : Andrew Nguyễn Cao Hoàng và Sau Ying Cheng .
Kính bạch trên chư tôn đức,
Do duyên nợ từ trước mà nay hai cháu Andrew Nguyễn Cao Hoàng và Sau Ying Cheng đã gặp nhau, quen biết, thương yêu nhau và giờ này được
Là đệ tử Phật, chúng con hiểu rõ hạnh phúc của con người phát xuất từ sự an tỉnh của nội tâm, sống trong đạo đức, tin sâu giáo lý nhân quả, đem niềm vui đến cho người, mình sẽ được hạnh phúc, tạo sự khổ đau cho người, mình sẽ chịu sự bất hạnh, nên chúng con luôn chánh niệm, tỉnh giác, cẩn thận trong lời nói, trong việc làm, để vĩnh viễn xa lìa nẽo ác, an trú trong đời sống thiện lành, thương yêu, tin tưởng lẫn nhau, để sống bên nhau và luôn hướng tâm đến đời sống tâm linh cao thượng và trong sáng.
Hôm nay gia đình hai họ chúng con cùng về Tu Viện Quảng Đức, thành tâm đối trước Phật đài trang nghiêm, cúng dường chút ít tịnh tài tịnh vật nhân lễ hằng thuận cầu an cho hai cháu, ngưỡng mong trên Chư Phật mười phương cùng chư Tôn Đức từ bi chứng minh và làm lễ hằng thuận cho hai cháu được hạnh phúc trong Chánh của Đức Như Lai.
Tác đại chứng minh.
Buddhist Wedding Ceremony
(Saturday, 9 Jan 2016, 11am,
at Quang Duc Monastery, 105 Lynch Rd, Fawkner, www.quangduc.com)
MC: Andrew Nguyen Cao Hoang & Sau Ying Cheng please rise and make offering of flowers to Buddha and light the candles.
1. Introductory Words
Today the community gathers to lend spiritual support to Andrew Nguyen Cao Hoang & Sau Ying Cheng , in their taking the vow to practice the Five Awarenesses. Please, everyone, follow your breathing in mindfulness when you hear the sound of the bell.
(THREE BELLS) .
2. Bowing Deeply in Gratitude
On hearing the sound of each bell, after the recitation of each line, please touch the Earth one time.
•In gratitude to your father and mother, who have brought you to life, both of you, bow deeply before the Three Jewels in all Directions.
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•In gratitude to your teachers, who have shown you the way to understand and love, both of you, bow deeply before the Three Jewels in all Directions.
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•In gratitude to your friends, who give you guidance and support on the path, both of you, , bow deeply before the Three Jewels in all Directions.
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•In gratitude to all beings in the animal, vegetal, and mineral worlds, both of you, bow deeply before the Three Jewels in all Directions.
(TWO BELLS)
3. The Five Awarenesses
Andrew Nguyen Cao Hoang & Sau Ying Cheng , please kneel down.
Noble community, please listen. This is the moment when Brendan & Tam will make the vow to practice the Five Awarenesses and thus become husband and wife. Students of the Buddha are aware that life is one and that happiness is not an individual matter. By living and practicing awareness, we bring peace and joy to our lives and the lives of those related to us.
Andrew Nguyen Cao Hoang & Sau Ying Cheng , please repeat the Five Awarenesses after me, and say “Yes, I do” firmly if you intend to make the vow to practice them. After each Awareness, when you hear the sound of the bell, touch the Earth before the Three Jewels.
The First
We are aware that all generations of our ancestors and all future generations are present in us. Do you make the vow to receive, study, and practice it?
Bride and Groom together: Yes, I do.
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(BRIDE AND GROOM TOUCH THE EARTH ONE TIME)
The Second
We are aware of the expectations that our ancestors, our children, and their children have of us. Do you make the vow to receive study and practice it?
Bride and Groom together: Yes, I do.
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(BRIDE AND GROOM TOUCH THE EARTH ONE TIME)
The Third
We are aware that our joy, peace, freedom, and harmony are the joy, peace, freedom, and harmony of our ancestors, our children, and their children. Do you make the vow to receive, study, and practice it?
Bride and Groom together: Yes, I do.
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(BRIDE AND GROOM TOUCH THE EARTH ONE TIME)
The Fourth
We are aware that understanding is the very foundation of love.
Do you make the vow to receive,study, and practice it?
Bride and Groom together: Yes, I do.
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(BRIDE AND GROOM TOUCH THE EARTH ONE TIME)
and the Fifth
We are aware that blaming and arguing can never help us and only create a wider gap between us; that only understanding trust and love can help us change and grow.
Do you make the vow to receive, study, and practice it?
Bride and Groom together: Yes, I do.
(TWO BELLS)
(BRIDE AND GROOM TOUCH THE EARTH ONE TIME)
4. Bowing to Each Other
Andrew Nguyen Cao Hoang & Sau Ying Cheng , you have made the solemn vow to study and practice the Five Awarenesses. You have become husband and wife with the support of the Three Gems
Now, is the time for you to face each other and bow deeply to each other to show your mutual respect. Your love and commitment will continue to grow based on this ground of mutual respect.
(TWO BELLS AS BRIDE AND GROOM TOUCH THE EARTH)
5. Wedding Vows (oaths)
The priest asks the woman:
Andrew! Will you take this woman to be your lawful wife and remain faithful to her always?
Her reply: I will. (They both bow to each other)
The priest then asks the man:
Sau Ying Will you take this man to be your lawful husband, and remain faithful to him always? His reply: I will. (They both bow to each other)
Priest: Andrew and Ying Will you both undertake to sustain one another in sickness or in health, in happiness or in sorrow, and cherish one another at all times?
They reply: We will. (They both bow to each other)
6.Ring Vows
If an exchange of rings is to take place, the following will be spoken:
Priest to each in turn:
Andrew! I give you this ring that you may place it on the finger of this woman in token of your marriage to her, and may its circle remind you both of those things that are eternal.
Ying ! I give you this ring that you may place it on the finger of this man in token of your marriage to him, and may its circle remind you both of those things that are eternal.
7. Offerings of Rings (optional) and Promises
Andrew and Ying , it is time for you to exchange rings and promises.
Andrew and Ying in the midst of worldly illusions with their fleeting glamour, try to preserve in your hearts the truths taught by the Buddha. Be compassionate to all, and set your feet on the Path which leads from illusion and sorrow to Enlightenment and Peace. Since you have both agreed to marry according to Buddhist rite, I pronounce you to be husband and wife.
8. Closing chanting:
May the Merit and virtue,accrued from this work, adorn the Buddhas pureland, Repay the four great kindnesses above, andrelieve the suffering of those on the three paths below, may those who see or hear of these efforts generates Bodhi Mind, spend their lives devoted to the Buddha Dharma, the Land of Ultimate Bliss.