Veils get thin, Dead are here again (video)

CC Liu, Ananda (DBM), Crystal Q., Sheldon S., Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly; China Travel

In Buddhism, the departed are called pretas or petas, "hungry ghosts" in the Realm of Ghosts

Let's celebrate and chase the ghosts away.

Halloween is in the offing, only but a week away. The ghosts gather, hunker down, hanker on the periphery. The Buddha saw them, pathetic creatures, karma-born with hideous features, the clinging departed, stuck on this plane or in between, in the Realm of Ghosts, hungry for what they had before.

There's great danger in attachment, hidden and ready to explode. O, what misery they deplore! Naked, unhoused, hungry, thirsty, reborn deprived. How odd that anyone not believe. Every culture knows. Haints, shades, specters, phantoms all, hardly here yet not fully gone. We remember them on The Day of the Dead, El Dia de los Muertos, All Hallows Eve, and #中元节.

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中元节 Hungry Ghost Festival: Why the name? | Do's and Don'ts (2022)

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(China Travel) Premiered June 30, 2022. Some think the Hungry Ghost Festival is reminiscent of Halloween and the Day of the Dead. Think so? The Hungry Ghost Festival is also known as Zhongyuan Festival (中元节), which Buddhists call the Yulanpen Festival (盂兰盆节). It falls on the 15th day of the 7th lunar month, though some places celebrate it on the 14th day. In 2022, it falls on August 11 or 12. Let's see the history and origin of the Hungry Ghost Festival, activities, traditions, how the name came about, and the things that should never be done.

CHAPTERS

• 00:00 ​ - Intro: What is this fest?
• 00:21​ - Why is it called that?
• 01:12 - How to Celebrate it?
• 02:04 - 8 Things to NEVER DO!

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