Religious Marriage Celebrant Services
We offer marriage
celebrant services, here, at Seizanji Temple. Rev. William Washo Saito is a registered religious marriage celebrant under the official registry board on the Federation of Australian Buddhist
Councils (F.A.B.C.). He performs traditional Buddhist marriage ceremonies, which are approved and maintain traditional authenticity by ways of Koyasan Shingonshu.
You may find Rev. William Washo Saito as an authorised marriage celebrant for NSW under the Australian Government Attorney-General's Department website - https://marriage.ag.gov.au/search
The following
statement was made by Mr. and Mrs. Kasugaya, who were happily married at Seizanji Temple on the 12th of December 2016.
"We are born
Buddhists, in Japan, there are ‘System of Buddhist
supporters’
(Dankaseido), ‘Posthumous Buddhist name charge’
(Kaimyou-ryo) and
many other organised, costly systems. Therefore we
never had much
opportunity to be part of these Buddhist systems so we
avoided contact with
Buddhist temples. However, we decided to formally
marry over a ten-year
relationship with my partner because of the
strange powers of
fate.
We have chosen
Buddhist marriage ceremony for
our marriage since
our childhood, as this was what we were familiar with
growing up.
I am very thankful of
Seizanji Temple’s Abbot, Rev. Saito
who promotes a
non-denominational Buddhist sect, Koyasan Shingonshu. He
has willingly
accepted our wedding request and we are very happy and
appreciative that we
chose the right temple to do our wedding. Since we
were children, we
understood and appreciated all the Buddhist chanting,
incense arrangements
and the sounds of the bells. Rev. Saito and his
assistants reached
beyond our expectations and we are very impressed and
moved by the
ceremony. Rev. Saito’s majestic Marriage Ceremony is our
departure to the
journey of the pleasures and pains of life, together." - Mr. and Mrs. Kasugaya
If you would like your marriage to be conducted in a traditional, authentic Buddhist way, please contact us through the 'Contact' link in the top menu. Alternatively, you may:
email us - info@shingon.org.au
telephone us - 9417 6555
mobile us - 0408 497 437
We look forward to hearing from you! Thank you for choosing our services.