Buddhism Marriage And Death

Unlike other religions because Buddhists are so focused about themselves internally they do not have to even attend the temple or participate in rituals on a normal bases. But they do have 3 rites of passage at birth, marriage, and death.

At birth Buddhists have a formal naming by the temple, after the naming of the baby minks bless and sprinkle holy water on the baby. Afterward they melt a wax candle in a bowl that symbolizes the union of four basic elements: earth, air, fire, and water. At marriage in some places monks don't even attend the ceremony because it is said to bring bad luck. In the other countries the monks attend the marriage, during the ceremony there are 4 different steps to completing the marriage. First, the image of Buddha is wrapped with a cotton thread, and this thread circulates all those in the segregation which represents the union of …show more content…
During this the monks are chanting; at the end of the ceremony the couple are blessed by the monks and the thread that wraps around them is cut and the groom ties a piece of the remaining thread around the wrist of his bride. At death Buddhist believe that death is a person's dharma, a balance of good and evil, so they do not believe in any kind of reincarnation. Monks visit the house of the dying person, to comfort them with religious chants. The chant the monks say reminds the