How to report filial piety on Vu Lan holidays.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.

Vu Lan's filial piety ceremony is not only a day for Buddhists, but also a season of blessing and filial piety of all children for their parents who have born and nurtured themselves. This is also an opportunity to remind generations of national heroes who have made merit to the country.

Legend has it that the Bodhisattva Muc Lien was one of the disciples of the Buddha, proficient in many magic, but could not save his mother from hell alone. As instructed by the Buddha, he made offerings to the ten directions of the Sangha in the four directions of the Sangha on the fourth day of the Buddha (ie the full moon day of the seventh month). Thanks to that, he saved his mother from the dreadful ghosts and demons and brought her to the heavenly world.

Since then, every July, Vu Lan is a festival held in many countries around the world such as China, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia ... with typical activities such as visiting, cleaning remove the grave of the deceased, offer offerings to the Buddha, the ancestors and the gods, and gather with the family. Although the rituals and times are not the same between countries, they all uphold the spirit of filial piety with both respect and gratitude towards the deceased, as well as giving gratitude and concern to the father. Mom is living next door.

In Vietnam, the Vu Lan Festival is held on July 15 of the lunar calendar every year. The festival not only reminds children and grandchildren for honoring grandparents and parents, but also looks to the roots to show gratitude and gratitude. Accordingly, Buddhists often come to the pagoda to pray and pray with the wish that the deceased and sentient beings can rest and cozy, and for those who are living a good health to be with their descendants forever.

In addition, every family prepares a decent rice tray for Vu Lan's holiday to present to the ancestors, deities, and Buddha doors and offer life-giving offerings to the souls to show filial piety and gratitude. Fasting is also a way of prayer and merit. For those who still have parents, they can give wishes and many meaningful gifts. During Vu Lan's holiday, the children who live far away from the hometown try to arrange time to gather with their family.

In particular, the Vu Lan festival in Vietnam also carries out the ceremony of setting red roses for those who have parents and white roses for those who have lost their mothers. It is this ritual that awakens many children to filial piety with their parents and helps the young generation to always live a true religion.

Currently, a number of high-end cemeteries hold Vu Lan festival with the program of praying for the deceased to remind the descendants of their roots and their gratitude to the birth.

According to the teachings of the Buddha, there are many different ways to show respect for the birth of each person.

On this day, Buddhists often do offering ceremonies, prayers, give alms, and give birth to accumulate blessings and blessings, pray for parents to increase happiness, increase life, and neutralize karma ...

On Vu Lan festival, each person is usually put on a rose shirt: red for the mother and white for those who have lost their mother. Those who are fortunate enough to have a red rose on their chest are reminded to do their best to be obedient, respectful and polite to their parents. And the person wearing white flowers will see it as a reminder to never forget his parents' gratitude, and at the same time keep the order of a harmonious brotherhood.

The custom of wearing red and white roses on Vu Lan is initiated by Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh in the 1960s to increase cultural significance for this festival, especially for children to remember. parents whether or not

Another Vu Lan season is coming again, everyone seems to give themselves a moment to think about Hieu's word and hurt the feeling of filial piety. But do not wait until the holiday to show sincere respect to parents, let's just make each living day a Vu Lan holiday, then we truly complete the full filial piety.

There are 5 things for an ordinary person to show filial piety that the Buddha taught, that is: respectful, obedient to parents; caring when parents are old and weak; preserve the family's reputation and traditions; preserve property left by parents; take care of funerals when parents die. These 5 things seem simple, but to implement them fully is not easy, sometimes we spend our whole life is not sure to be done.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.31/8/2020.