Spiritual and Multi-Faith Readings

Spiritual, Hindu, Asian, Native American Readings.

There are many spiritual paths and cultures represented in our world and many of them might be represented on your wedding day.  Sometimes, couples will find something in this list that's perfect for them.  From a Native American blessing, Irish Blessing, Rumi, or other Eastern traditions. 

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Our Union
by Hafiz 
From "Love Poems from God," Daniel Ladinsky (ed), c200

Our union is like this:

You feel cold so I reach for a blanket to cover
our shivering feet.

A hunger comes into your body
so I run to my garden and start digging potatoes.

You asked for a few words of comfort and guidance and
I quickly kneel by your side offering you
a whole book as a
gift.

You ache with loneliness one night so much
you weep, and I say

here is a rope, tie it around me,
Hafiz will be your
companion
for life.

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Destiny
Author, Unknown

Destiny is a mysterious thing. 
No matter what you do or where you go, you cannot avoid it. 
And, no matter how hard you try, even putting forth your greatest effort, you can’t force it to happen before it's time.
This occasion we witness today is the destiny of two souls.
There is not a force in the universe that could have kept you apart, and there is nothing they could have done to come together sooner. 
Each of you had to live your lives, lives that were stepping stones that have led to this moment in time, this uniting of hearts and minds that shall be forever more. 
This occasion we celebrate today is the destiny of two souls.
Yes, destiny is a marvelous and mysterious thing.

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​Married Love
by Kuan Tao-Shen

You and I 
Have so much love 
That it 
Burns like a fire, 
In which we bake a lump of clay 
Molded into a figure of you 
And a figure of me. 
Then we take both of them, 
And break them into pieces, 
And mix the pieces with water, 
And mold again a figure of you, 
And a figure of me. 
I am in your clay. 
You are in my clay. 
In life we share a single quilt. 
In death we will share one bed

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From The Essential Rumi
translated by Coleman Barks

When I am with you, we stay up all night.
When you're not here, I can't go to sleep.

Praise God for these two insomnias!
And the difference between them.

The minute I heard my first love story
I started looking for you, not knowing
how blind that was.

Lovers don't finally meet somewhere.
They're in each other all along.

We are the mirror as well as the face in it.
We are tasting the taste this minute
of eternity. We are pain
and what cures pain, both. We are
the sweet cold water and the jar that pours.

I want to hold you close like a lute, so we can cry out with loving.

You would rather throw stones at a mirror?
I am your mirror, and here are the stones.

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Excerpt from Tao Te Ching 
​by Lao Tzu

Without words, without even understanding, 
lovers find each other. 
...The moment of finding is always a surprise, 
like meeting an old friend never before known.

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Excerpt from Tao Te Ching ​

Explore and discover that which is within. 
When we find ourselves, we are more easily found by others

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When Two People Are at One 
​from I Ching
by Fu Xi

When two people are at one 
in their inmost hearts 
They shatter even the strength of iron 
or of bronze 
And when two people understand each other 
in their inmost hearts 
Their words are sweet and strong 
like the fragrance of orchids.

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Oath of Friendship
​by Anonymous, China, 1st Century BC

I want to be your friend 
For ever and ever without break or decay. 
When the hills are all flat 
And the rivers are all dry, 
When it lightens and thunders in winter, 
When it rains and snows in summer, 
When Heaven and Earth mingle 
Not 'til then will I part from you.

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Celtic Wedding Song

There they stand, hand in hand, and exchange wedding bands. 
Today is the day of all their dreams and plans. 
And all of their loved ones are here to say, 
God bless this couple who marry today. 

In good times and bad times, in sickness and health, 
May they know that riches aren't needed for wealth. 
Help them face problems they'll meet on their way - 
God bless this couple who marry today. 

May they find peace of mind comes to all who are kind, 
May the rough times ahead become triumphs in time, 
May their children be happy each day - 
God bless this family who started today. 

As they go, may they know every love that was shown, 
And as life it gets shorter may their feelings grow. 
Wherever they travel, wherever they stay, 
God bless this couple who marry today.

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On Marriage
​Kahlil Gibran

You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore. You shall be together when the white winds of death scatter your days. Ay, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God. But let there be spaces in your togetherness, and let the winds of the heavens dance between you.  Love one another, but make not a bond of love; Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other's cup but drink nor from one cup. Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf. Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone. Even as the strings of a lute are alone through they quiver with the same music. Give your hearts, but not into one another's keeping. For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts. And stand together yet not too near together:  For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow. 

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