While Buddhist women must go through an administrative process to marry men of other religions, if both partners are non-Buddhist, their marriage falls under customary practices.
Buddhism allows for each person to make the decision of whether or not they want to be married, how many children they want to have, and who they want to marry. In Buddhist text, the Buddha thought that the biggest hurdle in marriage is spousal weakness for other partners. He advised against polyamory.
Even though the Buddhist texts are silent on the subject of monogamy or polygamy, the Buddhist laity is advised to limit themselves to one wife. The Buddha did not lay rules on married life but gave necessary advice on how to live a happy married life.
Buddhist teachings on sexual ethics are not clearly formulated but there are two general ideas that run through Buddhist ethics on this matter: celibacy is preferred to marriage, and the only legitimate forms of sexual contact within marriage should be procreative in nature.
Buddhism encourages co-operation and understanding amongst the various religious denominations. From the Buddhist point of view, religious labels are not the most important aspects for people to be considered religious, but any person leading a respectable and harmless way of life can be regarded as religious.
Hinduism. Having both originated from the same place, Hinduism and Buddhism have shared India and influenced each other over centuries.
In conclusion, Hinduism and Buddhism are both very well known religions and have many similarities. Both Hinduism and Buddhism originated in the Indian subcontinent and share a very long and uncomfortable relationship. Hinduism and Buddhism both have a compassion and non violence towards all living beings.
Most Buddhist weddings are not officiated or formalized by a monk or nun. Instead, the couple might ask a friend or civil celebrant to lead the proceedings. Luk hired a “dai cum jeh,” or professional older woman, to organize a celebration that included blessings by Buddhist monks.
The Buddha never said anything negative about true love. Romantic love, if you are successful, will cultivate a lot of loving kindness and compassion. And very soon, your love will be all embracing.
The wedding takes place either in the temple or at the bride's home. At home a shrine is erected with a statue of Buddha. The bride and groom light candles and incense and lay flowers around the statue. The 'lama' conducts the wedding.
In Buddhism, both husband and wife are expected to share equal responsibility and discharge their duties with equal dedication. The husband is admonished to consider the wife a friend, a companion, a partner.
Since marriage is secular, Buddhism has no restrictions on divorce. Ven. K. Sri Dhammananda has said "if a husband and wife really cannot live together, instead of leading a miserable life and harboring more jealousy, anger and hatred, they should have the liberty to separate and live peacefully."
Faithfulness is one of the most important ingredients for a successful marriage. A husband should not, the Buddha said, be unfaithful to his wife or a wife to her husband (D. III,190). A character in the Jàtaka says: `We do not transgress with another's wife and our wife does not transgress against us.
The Buddha, in reply to a householder as to how a husband should minister to his wife declared that the husband should always honor and respect his wife, by being faithful to her, by giving her the requisite authority to manage domestic affairs and by giving her befitting ornaments.
Mettā is a Pali word, from maitrī itself derived from mitra which, states Monier-Williams, means "friendly, amicable, benevolent, affectionate, kind, good-will", as well as a form of "love, amity, sympathy".
Monks can sleep in beds or on futons but the Buddha himself is said to have slept on the ground, and many monks continue this practice today as a way of keeping humble.
According to the practice, you have to really hug the person you are holding. You have to make him or her very real in your arms, not just for the sake of appearances, patting him on the back to pretend you are there, but breathing consciously and hugging with all your body, spirit, and heart.
The historical Buddha insisted on celibacy for monks and nuns because suffering was caused by ignorant craving and because sexual relations encouraged attachment to the world. Both functioned as obstacles to mental concentration.
Other fragments in the Buddhist scripture seem to treat polygamy unfavorably, leading some authors to conclude that Buddhism generally does not approve of it or alternatively regards it as a tolerated, but subordinate, marital model. Polygamy in Thailand was legally recognized until 1935.
In turn, there are five tenets on which a wife should treat his husband: 1) performing her duties efficiently, 2) being hospitable to relatives and attendants, 3) not betraying his faith in her, 4) protecting his earnings and 5) being skilled and industrious in discharging her duties.
Buddhism does not regard marriage as a religious duty nor as a sacrament that is ordained in heaven. The matchmaking is usually done by taking the boy and the girl in confidence. It could be by the parents of either side or by the eligible boy himself.
Some high level Buddhists have drawn analogies between Jesus and Buddhism, e.g. in 2001 the Dalai Lama stated that "Jesus Christ also lived previous lives", and added that "So, you see, he reached a high state, either as a Bodhisattva, or an enlightened person, through Buddhist practice or something like that." ...
The Buddha, after a six-year religious quest, had an enlightenment experience under the Bo tree; Jesus' quest led him to the wilderness and his spiritual mentor, John the Baptist. Both began renewal movements within their respective, inherited religious traditions - Hinduism and Judaism.
The Three Buddhist Deities Vajrapāṇi, Mañjuśrī and Avalokiteśvara.