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**Liaiskelile** · 04-01-2012, 05:02 PM

Lots of good ideas about marriage there from Ajahn Brahm. I see also that the role of religion is to offer spiritual input and uplift to the difficult task of being married. Most importantly recognition of the commitment being of a spiritual nature as well as legal and social in nature ... it clearly is not about gender. The discrimination and judgement around gender ( and other factors ) is about social control.

I also agree with Ajahn Brahm's idea that getting married is a lot about letting go of idea of a self - it becomes about the " us " created by the marriage. That is how it works best in my experience - the both involved renouncing " me " for moving forward to facing everything faced in life as " us " .

04-01-2012, 05:02 PM	#18
Liaiskelile Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 469 Senior Member	Lots of good ideas about marriage there from Ajahn Brahm. I see also that the role of religion is to offer spiritual input and uplift to the difficult task of being married. Most importantly recognition of the commitment being of a spiritual nature as well as legal and social in nature ... it clearly is not about gender. The discrimination and judgement around gender ( and other factors ) is about social control. I also agree with Ajahn Brahm's idea that getting married is a lot about letting go of idea of a self - it becomes about the " us " created by the marriage. That is how it works best in my experience - the both involved renouncing " me " for moving forward to facing everything faced in life as " us " .
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