Meaning ULLAMBANA and Tu Tu .VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.

What is the meaning of Vu Lan Bon? And why is the full moon day of July also called Tu Tu holiday? So what is the meaning of the two words Tu Tu?

Vu Lan Bon, transcribed from Sanskrit is Uilambana (Action). Also called O lam noa. Translated as Mystic Island, only extreme pain. In the book Huyen Ung Am Nghia 13, there is an explanation as follows: “Yulanpen, is wrong. It is true that O lam ba noa, translated as Huyen Dao. 

According to the Tay Truc water on the Tu Tu days of monks, people buy food, put the neck of the temple, offer to the Buddha Sangha to save the suffering of the deceased. In the old days, it was a food bowl, that's wrong ”. Vu Lan Bon Kinh So Tong Mat said: “Vu Lan is the word of Tây Vuc, meaning Dao Huyen, the basin is the sound of Dong Ha which is still a healing tool. If in the local way of saying it is to save the hypnotic island. " 

In the book Vu Lan Bon Tam Ky the upper book of Nguyen Chieu reiterated: "According to the Dharma Master of the Yin and Yang, the Pham O language translates as magical island, now considering O Lan means Vu Lan, Ba noa is a pot. . So 3 words are all Sanskrit. But the negative has the wrong chain. ” That is the meaning of 3 words Vu Lan Bon. 

And what is Tu Tu? Tu Tu is a Buddhist term. In Sanskrit, Pravaranà (Bat Thich Ba) old translation is Tu Tu, new translation is arbitrary. This ceremony took place on the last day of the third month of the family retreat, according to the pre-settlement law is July 16, the post-settlement is August 16, the day everyone raises their sins. committed in front of other monks, and confessed himself, should be called Tu Tu Tu. Also called discretion, because it is up to others' discretion to raise the mistakes we have committed, so it is called arbitrary. 

That is, we quote verbatim in the Sino-Vietnamese Buddhist Dictionary to explain the meaning of the two words Tu Tu Tu. Here, too, we would like to elaborate on the significance of this important ceremony. This is a ceremony where monks and nuns, after 3 months of solitary retreat, have to spontaneously repent in public. Or the masses see, hear, or suspect that has committed a sin, can only tell him to repent.

Indeed this is a highly self-conscious spirit of Buddhism. Normally, everyone covers their mistakes, few people dare to expose their mistakes to others. Therefore, there is a saying: "Bad cover, good show off." 

On the contrary, the monks and nuns over here are not self-sacrificing themselves, but revealing their wrongdoings in front of everyone. Because honesty only mistakes each other in the spirit of harmony and respect, the Buddhas of the ten directions all rejoice. Therefore, this day is also called the Buddha's joyous day.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN MITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.24/8/2020.