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The Five Awarenesses
Noble community, please listen. This is the moment when our brother and sister will make the vow to practice the Five Awarenesses and commit to their relationship as 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. Please repeat the Five Awarenesses, saying “Yes, I Do” firmly if you make the vow to practice them. After each awareness, when you hear the sound of the bell, Touch the Earth before the Three Jewels.
We are aware that all generations of our ancestors and all future generations are present in us.
This is the first of the Five Awarenesses. Do you make the vow to receive, study, and practice it?
The couple, together: Yes, I do.
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We are aware of the expectations that our ancestors, our children, and their children have of us.
This is the second of the Five Awarenesses. Do you make the vow to receive, study, and practice it?
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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.
This is the third of the Five Awarenesses. Do you make the vow to receive, study, and practice it?
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We are aware that understanding is the very foundation of love.
This is the fourth of the Five Awarenesses. Do you make the vow to receive, study, and practice it?
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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.
This is the fifth of the Five Awarenesses. Do you make the vow to receive, study, and practice it?
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Brother and Sister, you have made the solemn vow to study and practice the Five Awarenesses. You are husband and wife, with the support of the Three Gems. As long as you continue this practice, you continue to have the spiritual support of the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha, and your happiness will be the happiness of many others.
Each full-moon day, you should recite together these Five Awarenesses. This community will continue to support you in this practice. Hearing the sound of the bell, please stand up and touch the Earth three times before the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha. |
