In traditional thought, the bond between husband and wife was never regarded as accidental. It was spoken of as destiny — not as superstition, but as recognition of reality. Buddhist teaching speaks of the Six Realms of rebirth, where every encounter has its cause, every reunion its reason. If so, how could the intimacy of marriage be without origin? Sometimes, perhaps through a dream, a fleeting intuition, or a sudden stirring of the heart, one glimpses a thread from another lifetime. And perhaps such glimpses are granted not randomly, but because a kind heart quietly invites compassion from above.

Here are three stories shared online, each showing that the origins of a marriage may begin long before the story itself.

Sometimes, mercy plants the seed of a marriage

A friend once said that in a half-waking dream, he glimpsed a former life shared with his wife. In that dream, he saw himself as a defeated general fleeing a battlefield. His horse was gone, his armor scattered, his soldiers fallen. Behind him, pursuing troops closed in.

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