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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Amalka101" data-source="post: 7283089" data-attributes="member: 137532">Well, even though he was 16, Prince Siddhartha married a girl of his same age (not a child). The eligible age to be married is 18 - this is the present law ..... this was not the law in about 2500 years ago and those days the age of 16 was known as the suitable age to be married. There are so many historical evidence that proves most people got married at the age of 16, not only Siddhartha & Yashodhara. (Even King Ravana & Mandodhari was 16 when they got married) Not exactly during the labour, but it was the day that the child (Rahula) was born. This action Siddhartha took may seem  wrong for people who does not have a clear idea about how valuable Buddhism is than a marriage life. He left (more likely sacrificed) his family in order to help many more & he was way successful in his work .... therefore, no need to discuss this any further based on lame points such as ''he left his wife & child to suffer'' (After all Yashodhara & Rahula attained Nirvana & put the end to the real suffering)Its one's choice, whether to be married or not. There is nothing correct or wrong about it. Not marrying means no bonds.....life is simple, and for some one who is willing to reach the enlightenment, it is such a relief as long as they have no bonds, boundaries and responsibilities. You may have not realized it, but a single life can be very peaceful than a marriage life (This depends on person to person though, what our culture & religion have explained about human life was correct, is correct and it will suit for the future as well. This has been already proven my the large number of youths who have started to follow  Buddhism than it was in the past) You may not know that there is a rule in Buddhism, that a child can not be included to Sangha Sasana (Become a monk) without the parents' permission. I think by becoming a monk they gain a better opportunity than us to learn ''What is the meaning of life'' since Buddha was the only person who gave a proper, wide and such a truthful explanation about life. So if these little monks following buddha's path, you do not have to worry about their life at all ...... And this is not child abuse, This is the Land of Buddha, so don't bring any western crap here to talk about human rights, Which doesn't even work for those countries either. Yaa, about this, We Sinhalese are not coming from a lion. The Mahawansa tells this nice fairy tale about a lion & a princess and their kids looked like half human-half lion with a tail (just like the story comes in Greek mythology where princess Pasiphaé  fell in love with a bull & have a child named Minotaur). By the way the only place we can find this story is in Mahawansa which was written by an Indian monk (He was from Kalinga, where the people who always wanted to destroy  Sri Lanka & buddhism). Therefore, this lion story is no more acceptable when talk about Sinhala origin. Sinhala is the combination of Siv Hela (Yakka, Naga, Raksha & Asura). There fore you can keep this fairy tale as a bed time story for your kids in your so called peaceful marriage life. </blockquote>

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