Q150. Why marriage to a spiritually minded person is very important?

Those who are intelligent will think about the trillions of years of life that will come after this short life which is at most 100 years. The less intelligent and foolish will not

think about what will come after this short life. Just look around, living beings are dying every second and living beings are taking birth every second in various species and in various situations. “When irreligion prevails in the family, the women become corrupted and unwanted children are born.” (Bhagavad-Gita 1.40) Marrying spiritually ignorant people ensures that both the couples and their children will come back to old age, disease, misery and repeated birth and death in various species of living beings and in various situations. A whole generation of spiritually ignorant population will be created by the spiritually ignorant parents. Human beings who are spiritually ignorant move down to the plant/animal species. One acquires lower births when one’s spiritual intelligence is reduced. By reading, studying, and following the Vedic scriptures like the Bhagavad-Gita gives one the best chance of elevating the human consciousness to spiritual selfrealization. Thus, to know that we are the eternal soul and not the body and we are part of the supreme and our purpose is to serve the proven supreme, Lord Krishna. The result of this consciousness is that one will go back to the kingdom of God called Vaikuntha. At the end of this short life and give their children the best chance to do the same. “At death, those who have developed the mode of goodness, will go to the higher planets where the saintly persons live. Those who have developed the mode of passion, will take birth among those engaged in materialistic activities. Those who have developed the mode of ignorance, will take birth in the animal kingdom.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 14.14-15) The non-Vedic scriptures reject the eternality of the soul, reject reincarnation and karma, and do not describe God. Thus, based on the non-Vedic teachings, this is the one and only life and hence there is no spirituality (no eternal existence) and one cannot love and serve an unknown/unseen person. An intelligence person will realize that we are eternal and think about his/her eternal existence and not just about this short life, and thus follow the Vedic path and marry those who follow the Vedic path. Those who have no interest in spirituality, fall into the animal species. Only the Sanatan-Dharma scriptures (Vedic system) teaches that all living beings are souls which are all 100% equal and there should be justice for all living beings (law of karma). Hence, if one truly believes in justice and equality for all then he/she should follow Sanatan-Dharma. The Vedic system is that the selection of a good husband for a good girl is always entrusted to the parents. Girls should never be thrown in the public streets to search out their husband, for when girls are grown up and are searching after a boy, they forget to consider whether the boy they select is suitable for them, based on his culture, beliefs, and habits. Out of the urge for sex desire and companionship, girls will accept almost anyone who approaches them. If the husband is selected by the parents, they will take into consideration many important factors to ensure suitability, and this will give the best chances of success. One should never marry without the approval of the parents.