Alternative Baptism – Naming Ceremony – Christening – The Gateway to Life
Naming Ceremony - Baptism is the Bath of Rebirth
Through the baptism ceremony the child is being welcomed in society. The baptism helps to build identity and community; it gives this phase of life (entry as a new and minor member into society) a clerical, formal and public frame to consciously carry out and process this important life event.
The baptism ceremony is an expression of our gratitude for the child and an inquiry for strength for the way the child has to go and will go. The request for care until adulthood (see adulthood) is directed at the family, the godparents and the society.
Baptism - Naming Ceremony
Since there are no compulsory and complex rituals for the baptism, we will determine its sequences in accordance with your wishes.
For more specific information regarding duration of the ceremony, schedule, additional texts, songs for singing togehter and speeches, we will gladly discuss it with you personally.
We will recite the "Logos from the Heart" for your child. And spoken the blessing for the child.
We cut a strand of hair or a footprint is made.
The baptismal candidates bow (with accompaniment) respectively in front of family, the godparents and the guests representing the society in order to express the request for care.
Family & Godparent & Society - Harmony & Prosperity
What does it mean to be a family, a godparent and a part of society? All these relationships are based on the acceptance of reciprocal responsibilities in six social relationships. The six types of human relationships are those between parents and children, spouses, teacher and pupil, friends, employer and employee, and religious teacher and his disciples. Through fulfilling one's responsibilities, one can achieve harmony, security and prosperity both within the family and in the society as a whole.
Parents - Encouragement
As a parent, you have a moral obligation to encourage your child to go out into the world and be whoever they can be. To be the best they can be and by doing so, encourage them to pursue good. You sacrifice them for good. They don't selfishly keep them to themselves. They tell them that they can go out into the world and live their life and live it right. You don't want for your child what you want for them, you want what would be best for them and the world. You let go in proportion to your desire to achieve it. They encourage the child to become the best possible person they can be. They want it to burst forth into the world as a light on a hill.
Godparents - Personal Development
The godparents are people chosen by the parents who should have an interest in the child's upbringing and personal development. If something happens to the parents, they will take care of the child. They act as guarantors of the child's spiritual upbringing.
The godparents were entrusted with the duty of supervising the child's religious life on behalf of the parents when they were no longer able or doing so. So the godfather has more to do than opening a savings account for the child or giving the child the first silver spoon. Anyone who has once publicly taken on another's education must not abandon him as long as he sees the need for his help and protection.
Phoenix Ritual - Rebirth into the New Role
Phoenix Ritual: To symbolize the change in life, a pinch of incense and sandalwood is burned at the end. Together we celebrate the phoenix being reborn into the new responsibility.
Location - The Whole World is one Flower
Switzerland & international: Whether in a castle, hotel, barn, on the mountain or outdoors, you decide on the location and type of naming ceremony that best suits you.
Non-Denominational - The church in one's own MIND and God in one's own SELF
The ceremony is non-denominational (-free), meaning members of all faiths are welcome. Prayers and rituals from different religions can be included in the ceremony according to your wishes.
The Song - Blessing for the Child
Bless this child and help us to help him learn to see with his own eyes his mother's face and the colors of the flowers and the snow on the mountains and the promised land.
Bless this child and help us to help him learn to listen with his own ears to the sound of his name, to the truth of the wise, to the language of love and the promised word.
Bless this child and help us to help him learn to grasp with his own hands the hand of his friends, the machines and plans, the bread and the grapes and the promised land.
Bless this child and help us to help him learn to speak with his own lips about the joys and sorrows, about people's questions, about the wonders of life and the promised word.
Bless this child and help us to help him learn to walk with his own feet on the streets of the earth, on the difficult stairs, on the paths of peace to the promised land.
Bless this child and help us to help him learn to love with all his heart.
Cost - Oblations for the Monk
You can have a say in the final donation. We would be happy to discuss the details in personal. The following applies as a guideline:
Ceremony: 800 CHF
+ Expenses (Reichenburg - Location - Reichenburg = ??? kilometers x 0.85 CHF/km)
+ Voluntary donation: ???
CHF final amount
Truth - Faith
Now I make a plea: accept the truth. The main message is impermanence. Faith is the precious wheel, it performs good deeds day and night. Primal awareness is the precious jewel, fulfilling all expectations, mine and others'. Self-discipline is the precious consort, decked out in beautiful adornments.
Concentration is the precious minister, accumulating the twin accumulations of merit and wisdom. Restraint is the precious phoenix, he bears the heavy responsibility of truth. Endurance is the precious vehicle, it brings the spirit poisons to the land of unselfishness. Study and contemplation are the precious general, it conquers the enemy force of wrong views.
My Mother - Sweet Milk
If my mother hadn't given birth to me, how could I have drunk the sweet milk from her breasts? If I hadn't drunk the sweet milk from her breasts, how could I have eaten other foods later? If I hadn't eaten other foods later, how could my calves have supported my body?
If my calves had not supported the body, how could I have crossed the high doorstep?
Had I not crossed the high doorstep, how could I have traversed the whole kingdom? If I hadn't wandered the whole kingdom, how could I have met my master? If I hadn't met my master, how could I have received the teachings of the oral tradition? Had I not received the teachings of oral tradition, how could I have lived in places of power in the mountain wilderness?
