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Baba
Futility of marriage oath?
Namaskar,
The marriage oaths given in Ananda Marga are meant only for Ananda Margiis. If one is not an initiated Ananda Margii and one does not have inherent reverence for Lord Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji, then those oaths / vows become meaningless.
If oath taker does not believe in Marga Gurudeva
In marriage, Baba has given the mantra and meaning, and the meaning is treated as an oath. The mantra begins with the following vow, which first the groom and then the bride must repeat.
"I say on oath in the name of Parama Brahma and Marga Gurudeva that out of my own free will I will accept Shriimatii / Ms. ... as my wife." (1)
In this above quote, the oath is taken "In the name of Parama Brahma and Marga Gurudeva". So here the point is that if the oath taker does not believe in Marga Gurudeva, then taking an oath in His name has no meaning for that person.
To take an oath in someone's name, one must have adoration for that person or entity. And the only person who has adoration for Marga Gurudeva Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji is an initiated Ananda Margii who is practicing sadhana. Without that one will not have a devotional connection with Him. And without that inner feeling, that oath or marriage vow is impotent.
Just like a margii taking vow in the name of
Allah, Jesus, monkey Hanuman etc
So if one margii takes oath in the name of Marga Gurudeva, then that has deep meaning. Because the margii has reverence for Baba, our Marga Guru. But if that same margii takes oath in the name of Allah, Jesus or Hanuman, then what will be the sense of that when the margii has no feeling for them.
Similarly, if a non-margii brother or sister takes the oath on the name of Marga Gurudeva, then what meaning will that have when they themselves do not feel that Baba Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji is their Guru. If they had the feeling that Lord Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji is their Guru then certainly they would have taken initiation. So the fact that they have not taken initiation shows they do not have that type of feeling for Guru. Without that, it is just hypocritical to take an oath in Marga Guru's name. Officially on paper the oath can be done, but in the real sense no oath has been taken. And when the oath has not been taken then the marriage is null and void.
That is why we say the marriage oaths in our Ananda Marga marriage ceremony are only for Ananda Margiis. These oaths are meaningless for non-margiis.
Namaskar,
In Him,
Shubhamayii
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