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VU LAN FESTIVAL - Coggle Diagram
VU LAN FESTIVAL
General
According to the Vu Lan Bon Sutra, the Vu Lan Ceremony originated during the Buddha's time.
He taught how to show filial piety to parents in this life and many other lives. The first person to receive it was Venerable Maudgalyayana - one of the Buddha's 10 outstanding disciples.
Once upon a time, when Bodhisattva Maudgalyayana attained enlightenment, remembering his mother, he used his wisdom eyes to search everywhere in heaven and earth, and immediately saw his mother in the realm of hungry ghosts, suffering from hunger and thirst. .
Loving his mother, he used his supernatural powers to descend to the realm of hungry ghosts and offer a bowl full of rice to her mother.
Unfortunately, Ms. Thanh De was still too angry and ignorant, and because her evil karma was too heavy, when she picked up the rice and put it in her mouth, the rice turned into fire. Venerable Maudgalyayana had no way to save his mother, so he immediately returned to ask the Buddha.
Venerable Maudgalyayana followed the Buddha's words, invited the monks, and prepared offerings on the 15th day of the 7th lunar month.
After that, His mother was liberated. On this occasion, the Buddha also taught: All sentient beings who want to show filial piety to their parents should do so in this way (Vu-Lan-Bon Dharma). From then on, the Vu Lan Festival was born.
Rituals
Depending on the conditions of each family, on the occasion of Vu Lan festival, there can basically be 3 ceremonies: worshiping Buddha, worshiping ancestors and worshiping sentient beings.
Worshiping Buddha usually arranges vegetarian rice or a tray of five fruits, the homeowner recites the Vu Lan Sutra to understand clearly about this day, and to dedicate merit to past relatives to be reborn.
to worship gods and ancestors often include vegetarian offerings or a tray of salty rice, indispensable fruits, cakes, incense, candles...
In addition to worshiping ancestors, some families also display a feast for living beings in the yard to worship the spirits, which people often call porridge offering.
Over the years, the Vu Lan ceremony as well as worshiping rituals have had certain changes to suit social conditions.
However, the core thing is that the spirit of the Vu Lan festival is still kept intact, especially the spirit of filial piety towards ancestors and ancestors, the spirit of caring and sharing for both the living and the living. Vietnamese deceased.
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Vocalubary and examples
- Disciples (n) đệ tử EX: He did not have very many students who were his concern as apprentices and disciples.
- Ignorant (v) dốt EX: We were very young, ignorant, unskilled men.
- Graves (n): phần mộ EX: He visits his mother's grave every Sunday.
- Sentient (adj): có tri giác EX: It is hard for a sentient person to understand how any parents could treat their child so badly.
- Porridge (n): cháo EX: He did ten years porridge for armed robbery.
- Wisdom (n): khôn ngoan EX: I certainly hope to gain a little wisdom as I grow older.
- Votive (n): vàng mã EX: People often burn votive paper at funerals.
- Damnation (n): sự nguyền rủa EX: He believed that he would be condemned to eternal damnation for what he had done.
- Ceremonies (n): lễ nghi EX: She was buried without ceremony.
- worship (n): thờ cúng EX:They went on a pilgrimage to India to worship at the holy Buddhist shrines there.