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History of marriage

Have you ever thought about the history of a bowl of rice, a plate of rice, ready to be picked and eaten?

Before rice, there was rice, before rice, there was paddy, before paddy, there was wheat, before wheat, there was a seedling, before there was a seedling... How much effort and dedication did our ancestors have to put in to get that kind of rice, plowing, planting, sowing, and harvesting with oxen? The rice that comes to our plate is not just a temporary snack, it is just a means of growing and sustaining our physical body... Even a single piece of rice has a history for a few moments of our lives, so it is impossible to say how strong history is in the Dhamma that can free us from all the suffering and pain of the entire cycle. The infinite grace of the Buddha, who discovered and revealed the Dhamma after sacrificing himself for four hundred thousand years and a hundred thousand worlds to make these teachings easy to understand, cannot be offered in vain.

Among the teachings of the Buddha, the "Mingalar Dharma" did not come about as easily as grass sprouting from the ground. Even when explaining the meaning of "Mingalar", not only to humans, but also to gods and Brahmas, they were unable to explain it in a clear and concise manner. Not only did it take a day, a week, a month, but also years to get longer, and it took 12 years for the gods to fully understand the meaning of "Mingalar". If we calculate the 12 years of the life of a god according to the life span of humans and the way humans count time, we will see that it took thousands of years of aeons.

"In our human world, it has been two thousand five hundred years since the Buddha entered Nibbana, and they are still in their Tavatimsa for only twenty-five days," says the venerable Maha Bodhisattva, who said, "Just compare it with the calculation of the Buddha."

During those 12 years of the divine life, there was no peace in the divine realm simply because the word "Mingalar" could not be explained. The divine spirits argued with each other, and the divine voices were said to be deafening.

Some gods are blessed to enjoy wealth without any need or desire. Some are blessed to enjoy only the desires and desires that they desire the most. Some are blessed to enjoy good or bad, poor or rich, clean or dirty, and if the other side accepts and enjoys it, and if they are happy and satisfied with it, then that is blessed.

They are arguing with each other, with their brains, with their feet, with their answers.

- Mingalardharana Katha, verse 13.

Every time the gods and goddesses held a meeting, King Sindhara found himself in a dilemma as he tried to find a solution to this auspicious problem.

Hello... hello... what do you call it?

In his human life, he had become King Indra because of his good deeds, but he could not fully understand the meaning of happiness. He approached the gods and Brahmas who were superior to him and asked them, but they did not give him a clear answer. So he went to the human world, pretending to be a Brahmin, and went to the so-called ascetics, Brahmins, and Pandits, but they did not answer him.

"Mingalar's answer is not clear, it's just a vague one."

Thus, 12 years in the life of a deity (a thousand years in the life of a human being) passed. The blessed answer was not heard. While the blessed answer was still pending, the Buddha appeared in the world, and the whole world became a paradise. At this time, King Sindhara, who was so eager to hear the blessed answer that he was very curious about, came down to earth at midnight with his entourage. He did not ask the Buddha himself. He sent a deity to ask on his behalf.

“Venerable sir... gods, brahmins, humans, and countless beings have pondered over the meaning of the word ‘blessings’ for twelve years, pondering over it and interpreting it in various ways.

However...

Because they did not have the same desire as Mingalar, they did not have the opportunity to fully experience the happiness they desired.

"Therefore, out of compassion for those who desire happiness and prosperity, the Blessed One, having gone forth in a chariot of compassion, explained the meaning of that single word, 'bliss.'"

- 1994, Mingalar Dharana Katha, page 16.

It is said that when such a request was made, the Buddha preached the Dhamma by making the beginning good, the middle good, and the end good.

The Blessed One, Maha Bodhisattva, has divided the Dhamma of marriage into sections that cover all ages, from children to the elderly and the elderly. A wedding is not a wedding where a man and a woman get married.

He wrote and preached the auspicious words, "Avoid evil and bring good." The auspicious words of the venerable monk were:

Auspicious moon, auspicious moon, and the original karma of the moon.

Mangga - All kinds of evil, bad, and harmful things are cut off by the moon.

Iti: Such accumulations of bad deeds and sins are like the rotten mangoes that must be cut off and thrown away, or the tangled grass that must be cut off and thrown away.

Since this life has been completely destroyed from now on, it is called auspicious. The inauspicious period of birth, the birth of a daughter, the confusion, and the evil tendencies must be overcome with a good body and a right mind.

The word "ta-tho mingala" is based on the original origin of the punya sambaramula karma - the building of goodness.

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After explaining the meaning of Mingalar, the venerable Sayadaw explained how we can attain and practice the Dhamma of Mingalar from birth to old age...

Sons and daughters.... In our time, the lifespan is one hundred years, so one hundred years is divided into ten parts. One part for every ten years. According to these parts, if there is something to improve, the appearance becomes unique, and if there is something to deteriorate, it usually becomes unique. It is the mind and body.

From the first birth to the tenth child

Mula region - unknown age,

From eleven to twenty years old

Dhitadasaka - the age when pleasures increase,

Twenty-one to thirty

Vanna Dasaka - The most beautiful and beautiful,

Thirty-one to forty

Baladasa - the strongest age,

Forty-one to fifty

Wisdom - The age of greatest wisdom.

Fifty-one to sixty

Hadassah - When everyone retreated,

Sixty-one to seventy

Vidathaka - When the back begins to bend,

Seventy-one to eighty

Pattara Dasaka: Not only the hill but also the valley,

Eighty-one to ninety

Mugadasaka - When you become unconscious,

Between ninety-one and one hundred

Sayanadasa - while lying in bed,

The fact that he explained and taught us how to practice the auspicious principles in a continuous manner from birth to a hundred years of age is a unique highlight of the Mingalar Dharana Katha.