"Marriage is not an absolute necessity! From time immemorial, tradition and culture is responsible for the institution of Marriage!! This continues even today!The moment children come of age parents marry them off after selecting a suitable match! Marriage is intended for the propagation of the race and family! It is not impossible to live without marriage! This depends on the person's aim or purpose in life! Saints, sages, and spiritually oriented people generally do not marry! To them marriage is an impediment! Marriage brings in a family, children, and many responsibilities of looking after them and earning money to maintain them! it is also an obstacle for meditation and other spiritual practices! Being a celibate, one can continue his Sadhana uninterrupted! We have examples of great missionaries like Swami Vivekananda and many others who have served mankind wonderfully! You cannot say you can live happily after marriage!! Present day divorces and incompatibility between the husband and wife and suicides that follow are really frightening!! Pressures, stress,unexpected twists and turns in family make it miserable! Adi Sankara says " Iha samsare bahu dusthare" referring to family life! It is very difficult to cross the sea of Samsara- Family life!! Marriage can never solve our problems! in fact, it creates more problems and confusion! Marriage is not the ultimate goal in life! We imagine that it is so! If a person has an understanding wife, good children, noble ideals and spiritual leanings though in family life, and is simple, contented, and loving, he can be considered as a happily married man! To exhibit all these qualities is rare! It is left to the individual to ponder over Marriage and take a decision!!"
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