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In the ethical tradition of "drinking water, remember the source" of our nation, Vu Lan's filial piety is not only a day for Buddhists but also a season of blessing and filial piety of all children for their parents. me - the great men of each person's life. The holiday is full of humanity, radiating the ethics of repaying the gratitude of the nation. In addition, this is also an opportunity for people to find their roots.

Thus, Vu Lan's filial ceremony this year is the full moon day of July every year according to the lunar calendar. Accordingly,  Vu Lan 2020  falls on Wednesday, September 2 of solar calendar (July 15 of lunar calendar).

The origin of the Lunar New Year festival

According to Buddhist legends, in the past, Mr. La Boc followed the Buddha. After attaining enlightenment, he became a Bodhisattva, Muc Lien, with many miraculous powers. Because her mother passed away, Muc Kien Lien was always sad and nostalgic. Because he wanted to know what his mother was like at that time, he used "divine eyes" to search the four directions and found her in the "demon realm". His mother suffered extreme torture because she committed many crimes while still alive. Muc Kien Lien saw that, he went to the "realm of the devil" and gave his mother a bowl of rice, but he could not eat.

He went back to ask the Buddha. Hearing that, the Buddha said that no matter how talented Muc Lien could not save his mother, the only way was to team up with everyone. Then he gave advice to Yulanpen sutras until the full moon day of July, Muc Lien Lien and everyone else made a sincere purchase of the ceremony, they would save his mother. Muc Lien Lien followed the Buddha's words and saved his mother.

The Buddha also teaches that: sentient beings who want to honor their parents in this way. Since then, Vu Lan's holiday was born.

The meaning of Vu Lan's holiday

Every year comes the Yulanpen season, in which on the full moon day of July, everyone together expresses their love and gratitude to their parents, grandparents, ancestors. It is filial piety towards the merit of the birth - leading virtue in the "gift of parents" (grace of parents, grace of teachers, national social grace and the gift of the Three Jewels) of Buddhism.

 

Buddhist scriptures have written: "Gracious parents are immensely, never cease", "Extremely good, nothing equal filial filial. Extremely evil, nothing like filial piety ". So when the words of the Buddha about an element of human morality together with the feelings of the nation were "mixed" to create a cultural customs "Where to practice better than to cultivate the house - To worship the father, to respect the mother. That is the truth ".

Origin, legend and Rite of the "Rose on the Shirt"

Rose dress on Vu Lan's holiday, according to Prof.Dr. Ngo Duc Thinh - Director of the Center for Research and Preservation of Vietnamese Cultures and Beliefs, comes from the writings about Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh's mother written in the 1960s.

During a business trip in Japan, the Zen master was very strange to see the Japanese respectfully sticking a white flower on his chest. After learning and knowing the lofty significance of this, he chose the rose as a symbol of the Buddha's Vu Lan filial ceremony and wrote the publication "Rose of Clothes" in 1962.

A gold-plated rose for mothers on Vu Lan Bao Filial Day is a gift showing love and respect for children to mothers.

The "Rose Cai Ao" ceremony is usually held on Vu Lan's Day in Vietnamese temples every year to commemorate the mothers who have passed away and honor mothers who still live with their children. During that ceremony, Buddhists, with two baskets of red and white roses, will come and put flowers on each participant's shirt.

If I had a mother, I would have a pink flower on my shirt, and I would be proud to have my mother. If you lose your mother, you will be put on a white flower shirt.

This is a lovely, meaningful and very effective ritual in mass education about filial piety and humanity. The Rose Dressed Ceremony was introduced to the Vietnamese from a book of the same name by teacher Nhat Hanh, written in August 1962 and later, popularized by the music, the same name by composer Pham The. America. ► See also:  Meaningful Vu Lan holiday gifts

The beauty of Vu Lan holidays in social life

For many generations, Vu Lan has become an act of human values ​​in society, contributing to maintaining and strengthening morality in the family, promoting filial piety to remind the religion of being a child. Moreover, filial piety becomes an important criterion for assessing people, but if you do not sincerely and seriously practice, it will be condemned by the public, the community laughs.

Yulanpen Festival is a special occasion for all children to have specific jobs to show their filial piety to the parents who are both alive and dead.

Therefore, the  season of Vu Lan  comes is an opportunity for children and grandchildren to express their sincere gratitude to parents, with different actions and expressions, we wish to wish them a healthy life. peaceful and peaceful. But no matter what, spending time with loved ones, cooking delicious meals with mom, talking with dad, traveling family or giving your parents meaningful gifts. are the best practical jobs for your parents.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.31/8/2020.