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FEW RITUALS AND SACRAMENTS OF HINDUISM |
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| Of all the Hindu sacraments, Vivaha
or marriage is considered to be the most central one. Hinduism
rightly emphasizes the importance of the life of the householder.
The sacrament of marriage impresses upon a person that earthly life
is not to be despised ; rather it should be consciously accepted and
elevated to the level of spiritual experience.
Marriage
is not a license for indulgence, but a human institution aiming at
moderation in conjugal life leading ultimately to the conquest of
self. It is essentially a fellowship between a man and a woman who
seek to live creatively in a partnership for the pursuit of the four
Purusharthas. Besides the two parties to a marriage the bride and
the bridegroom there is the third party, Dharma, (their joint
religious duty) through which only they have been united.
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