As a wedding speaker, zen master Reding from the Honora Zen Monastery was allowed to conduct the free wedding ceremony in Tübingen (Germany) in the Hölderlin Tower and celebrate family and love.

Hölderlin Tower - Wedding Celebration - Germany

Since the bridal couple absolutely wanted to have the free wedding ceremony in the Hölderlin Tower, we had to postpone the wedding for a year due to renovation work.

Cane Boating in Tübingen

The wedding party enjoyed the cane boat ride in Tübingen after the wedding ceremony.

Hotel at the Castle - Tübingen

The guests could spend the night in the Hotel am Schloss.

Poem of the Wedding Celebration in Germany

The most beautiful day begins. I've been waiting for this moment all my life. Jenny, in pastel, smiles and holds my rose bridal bouquet. I've seen you before, my friend... "There he is!" Our brother Marcel appears down by the river pasture hug In the air... I, the bride, walk down the Bursen exit with roses "If anyone wants to live, let it be on the stairs... we stand in front of the altar Lilac lily of the valley and incense scents blending seek your hand.

Wedding Ceremony

Logos of the heart, lovingly reflected in us... Emptiness is form and form is emptiness, to pass to return. Do you want? Living and dying together... understand? "Where there is danger, the saving grows - also" already connected in previous lives a shy kiss, like before You're still the one. Sand mandala, find the intersection. We each fulfill half of the other, the cups are completely empty.

"Stay by the water..." everyone under the roof of the Hölderlinweide, almost wet feet. Part of you in me, part of me in you float downstream. "Tübingen, tower... the spirit flees the bricks after all," the coot picks a grain of salt from the mandala bowl... laughter The monk places the prayer beads in our hands. Mine in yours resting entwined with prayer chains. Dark wood from the Boddhi tree. "In the holiest of storms..." Incense blows, everyone burns a pinch. The phoenix flies over the tower, pasture and plane trees. "... and more glorious and freer, then wander my spirit into the unknown land."

Brother Marcel says: "So be it!" All sentient beings in the garden are part of the ceremony: Sofika, the loyal dog, a hairless cat, unexpected visitors, even a green beetle on your neck. "A beautiful day... Tübingen, tower... when it comes to an end.. the circular writing in the heart..." Singing from the banks of the Neckar calling the boats. Life as a poetry journey when it comes to an end. "... nothing is like it was." An end and a beginning at the same time.