http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_wedding#The_basis_for_a_fulfilling_married_life
As per Hindu Philosophy (See the meaning in the link) marriage is the union based on the the sense of unity, intimacy and love between husband and wife.
Unity, intimacy and love need not be restricted to one person alone.
That is against natural instincts and feelings.
Lord Krishna, a Hindu God has16000 female companions and all Christians nuns are supposed to have been married to Jesus Christ as per the oath of nuns. Islam allows a man to marry upto 4 women subject to some conditions. The first two categories are for the sense of unity, love but not for physical intimacy. The third, of course, is for all the three purposes. What is good for Gods should be good for humans as well.
Similarly, going by the defenition found above, marriage need not be between people of opposite sex alone.
After all, sense of unity, intimacy and love can be developed between the same sex.
So does it mean that Hindu Dharma has foreseen the Gay and Lesbian marriages, now legalised in some countries?
A man can love many women - mother, daughter, sister, aunt, grandma, grand daughter etc., for the sake of unity and love. The same is the case for women. Is this a basis for approving polygamy and polyandry?
After all polygamy was prevalent in India, even now it is practiced though forbidden by law. Draupadi had five husbands, of course all of them brothers, May be because of that there was no conflict. Draupadi bore children to all the husbands. Polyandry is also seen in some tribal communities. I have seen in Nigeria that many wives live in separate huts around the husbands hut and take turns in sleeping with him and feeding him.
There is no conflict between the wives. There is more fight and conflicts between one man - one wife union
than in polygamy.
Clearly it is time to revalue the institution of marriage in the raditional meaning.
The institutions of marriage, one man
As per Hindu Philosophy (See the meaning in the link) marriage is the union based on the the sense of unity, intimacy and love between husband and wife.
Unity, intimacy and love need not be restricted to one person alone.
That is against natural instincts and feelings.
Lord Krishna, a Hindu God has16000 female companions and all Christians nuns are supposed to have been married to Jesus Christ as per the oath of nuns. Islam allows a man to marry upto 4 women subject to some conditions. The first two categories are for the sense of unity, love but not for physical intimacy. The third, of course, is for all the three purposes. What is good for Gods should be good for humans as well.
Similarly, going by the defenition found above, marriage need not be between people of opposite sex alone.
After all, sense of unity, intimacy and love can be developed between the same sex.
So does it mean that Hindu Dharma has foreseen the Gay and Lesbian marriages, now legalised in some countries?
A man can love many women - mother, daughter, sister, aunt, grandma, grand daughter etc., for the sake of unity and love. The same is the case for women. Is this a basis for approving polygamy and polyandry?
After all polygamy was prevalent in India, even now it is practiced though forbidden by law. Draupadi had five husbands, of course all of them brothers, May be because of that there was no conflict. Draupadi bore children to all the husbands. Polyandry is also seen in some tribal communities. I have seen in Nigeria that many wives live in separate huts around the husbands hut and take turns in sleeping with him and feeding him.
There is no conflict between the wives. There is more fight and conflicts between one man - one wife union
than in polygamy.
Clearly it is time to revalue the institution of marriage in the raditional meaning.
The institutions of marriage, one man
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