Origin of Vu Lan ceremony and the Rose lapel ritual. Every year, on the full moon of the seventh lunar month, around the middle of August in the solar calendar, Vu Lan returns. On this day, Vietnamese and Chinese temples often hold very solemn ceremonies and Buddhists come to attend in large numbers to pray for their parents to be at peace, for their deceased parents to be super born in the pure land, and to be born in the pure land. listening to teachers explain the meaning of Vu Lan ceremony and the filial piety of the son towards the parents. The origin of Vu Lan Festival is officially derived from a short version of Mahayana Buddhism "Buddhisattva Sutra Vu Lan Bon", translated from Sanskrit into Chinese by Mr. Truc Phap Ho in the Western Jin Dynasty, ie. around 750-801 AD and was transmitted from China to Vietnam, from which year is unknown. The word Vu Lan, which is transliterated from Sanskrit: Ullambana, The Chinese translation is "rescue" which means "rescue hanging upside down". Derived from the story of the great filial Bodhisattva Muc Kien Lien who saved his mother from the life of a hungry ghost. Vu Lan is an annual holiday to commemorate the merits of parents (and ancestors in general) - the parents of this life and of previous lives. According to the Vu Lan Sutra, in the past, Muc Kien Lien successfully practiced many miracles. His mother, Mrs. Thanh De, has passed away, he remembers and wants to know how his mother is now, so he uses his magical eyes to look around the world to find. Seeing that his mother, because of many bad karma, had to be born as a hungry ghost, tortured by hunger and thirst, he brought rice down to the ghost realm to offer her. However, due to long-term hunger, his mother used one hand to cover her rice bowl while eating to prevent other ghosts from coming to rob, so when the food was brought to her mouth, the food turned into red fire. Muc Lien returned to find Buddha to ask how to save his mother, Buddha taught that: "No matter how generous he is, he will not be able to save his mother. There is only one way thanks to the combined force of the monks in the ten directions to hope for a solution. The full moon day of the seventh month is the right day to mobilize the monks to prepare offerings on that day." Following the Buddha's words, Muc Lien's mother was liberated. Buddha also taught that sentient beings who want to pay filial piety to their parents also in this way (Vu Lan Bon Phap). Since then, Vu Lan festival was born. The True Origin of the "Rose Set in a Dress" Ritual "Rose in a Lace" is usually held on Vu Lan Day in Vietnamese temples every year to remember deceased mothers and honor the dead. mothers are still living with their children. During that ceremony, the Buddhist children, with two baskets of roses, red and white, will come and put flowers on each person attending the ceremony. If he had a mother, he would wear a pink flower on his shirt, and he would be proud to have her. And if he loses his mother, he will have a white flower pinned to his shirt. This is a very cute, meaningful and very effective ritual in educating the public about filial piety and humanity. The rite of the Rose lapel was introduced to the Vietnamese from a book of the same name by Master Nhat Hanh written in August 1962 and later popularized by the music, also of the same name, by musician Pham The. America. The full moon of the 7th lunar month is also the day of pardon for the sins of the dead, which is called the day of worshiping sentient beings. But the ceremony to worship sentient beings is different from the Vu Lan festival even though it is celebrated on the same full moon day. One side is to pray for their parents to be freed for many generations, the other is to give food to the souls who have not yet been liberated, 7 is also the rainy month of Ngau - associated with the legend of Mr. Ngau Ba Ngau, also known as the story of Nguu Lang - Chuc Nu. Vu Lan - Tradition of filial piety. Every year until the full moon day of the seventh month, all Buddha's children remember the responsibility of repaying kindness and filial piety to the two born beings. Buddhists everywhere together solemnly held Vu Lan Festival, relying on the power of the Three Jewels, praying for their surviving parents to be at peace in the Dharma, and their deceased parents to be reborn in the good realms. Loving one's father and mother is considered a long-standing good tradition of every Vietnamese. Love for Parents is always the most sacred love. From time immemorial until now, the example of filial piety of Venerable Muc Kien Lien has always illuminated and instilled love. After attaining Arahantship, Mr. Muc Kien Lien used his celestial eye to look around and saw his mother being tortured as a hungry ghost. He was the first miraculous disciple, believing that he would save his mother through the hunger and thirst that tormented his body. He held a bowl of rice with both hands and went down to the underworld to offer it to his mother. His mother took the bowl of rice and brought it to her mouth, alas! The rice turned into embers, inedible. The Venerable witnessed this scene with his own eyes, and his heart was extremely painful. The venerable returned to ask the Buddha to open his compassion to save his mother. The Buddha said: "Your mother has sown miserliness in many lives, so now she has to suffer the retribution of being a hungry ghost. He alone cannot save. It must be on the full moon day of the seventh month, to organize offerings to the Buddha and the Sangha in the ten directions, and thanks to the power and attention of the Buddha and the Sangha of the ten directions, his mother will be able to escape." After that, Venerable Muc Kien Lien obeyed the Buddha's teaching, On the full moon day of the seventh month, bring offerings to the Sangha in the ten directions. His mother, thanks to the great virtue and blessing of the Sangha and his sincerity and devotion, was soon freed from the suffering of the hungry ghosts and was reborn in the good realm. Since then, Vu Lan festival is solemnly held for Buddhists to gather at the Three Jewels, make offerings to the Buddha and the Sangha, and pray for their parents to live in peace, after their death. good realms. In terms of Buddhist moral education, a remarkable point is the education on filial piety. Filial piety is the moral foundation of the morality of making people. We can extend love to all things, but the starting point as the foundation must be from honoring Parents. One person can love all kinds of people, that love covers all living things, but if you don't respect your parents, then that love will become false, because it has no roots and cannot be established from the ground up. Therefore, filial piety has always been promoted in the field of morality. If you have not practiced filial piety right in your family life towards Father and Mother, you cannot be worthy of being a human being. There is an old saying: "Thousands of books, filial piety, vi fairy". Even those who have left home to study the Way still have to bear four heavy burdens: the grace of parents, the great teacher, the kindness of sentient beings, and the grace of the fatherland. Of the four graces, parental grace is still a deep love for each Buddhist monk. In "Cat Tran lost in the Way" of King Tran Nhan Tong, he wrote: "Reciting the sutras of the Buddha Chuc Thanh, imploring the Three Friends, the four graces I cursed will be returned". Because the merits of parents' birth and upbringing are too high, the Bible has a sentence: "Fathers give birth to fall. Clown model falls. Who is the nanny, Born to fall isle. Education is deeply grateful, understanding heaven and earth". (My father gave birth to me. My mother raised me. I love my parents very much, because giving birth to me is hard. When I want to repay a deep favor, alas, the heavens are endless!). Parents' gratitude for birth and upbringing is great, like heaven. When a child wants to repay a deep favor, then it's like heaven and earth do not come, from the time of conception to opening his eyes, he was born, matured and grown up, parents have to endure so much suffering and hardship. However, when the life force was passed on to the child, the parents were a little exhausted, and then became "ancient people". Those who have grown up to taste the bitterness of the world, will be able to appreciate the grace of their parents. A person who knows the favor, certainly does not dare to forget the grace of his parents. The Buddha said: "Bhikkhus, there are two classes of people who I say cannot repay. how is two? It's Mom and Dad. If one shoulder carries Mother, one shoulder carries Father, do so for a hundred years, until Father and Mother are one hundred years old. Thus, bhikkhus, it is not enough to repay Mother and Father. If you massage, apply anointing, bathe, and wash your hands, and even if there, Mother and Father have defecated and urinated, even so, bhikkhus, it is not enough to repay Mother and Father…” There is a saying in Vietnamese folklore: "Cong Cha is like Thai Son mountain, Nghia Mother is like water from a source. A heart that worships Mother and Father, Cho, and complete filial piety is the son's religion." In the Father, virtue stands out; Only then can children be educated to be ethical and cultured, and then become a person who is talented and virtuous, so the father's virtue is as tall and majestic as the mountain of Thai Son. As for the mother's virtue, she wants her child to have a full and prosperous life; Mothers are often closer, more comforting and comforting to their children, so the mother's affection is rich, as inexhaustible as an endless stream. The source of a mother's love, it is gentle, warm, silently flowing without stopping. The Buddha taught in the Sutra of Forbearance: "The ultimate good is nothing more than filial piety, the ultimate evil is nothing more than unfilial piety." A person who is not filial to his parents is a person who has been ungrateful, someone who has been ungrateful, there is no evil left in the world that they do not dare to do, he has forgotten his roots. There is nothing happier than when we still have parents. Every time Vu Lan season comes, we are put on a fresh rose shirt. The existence of Parents in the family is different from the existence of angels. And Father and Mother are still the paradise of childhood. Father and mother are still Buddha in the house. To attain the Buddha mind, there is nothing better than keeping the mind of filial piety; If you want to attain Buddhahood, there is nothing better than keeping filial piety. Because of the array of worrying about worshiping Buddha outside, but forgetting to worship Buddha in the house, there is a saying: "Buddha in the house does not worship, worship Shakyamuni on the street". The Buddha taught: "Those families, monks, in which the children pay homage to the mother and father in the house, those families are accepted as equal to Pham Thien. Those families, bhikkhus, in which the children pay homage to the mother and father in the house, such families are accepted as the masters of old. Those families, bhikkhus, in which children pay homage to the mother and father in the house, such families are accepted as worthy of offerings. “Pham Thien, bhikkhus, is synonymous with Mother and Father. The old masters, bhikkhus, were synonymous with Mother and Father. Worthy of offering, bhikkhus, is synonymous with Mother and Father. Why? Very helpful, bhikkhus, being a mother and father to children, raising them, nurture them, introduce them to life” (Thus Buddha, Cat, 7 - 503) Parents' deep and meaningful grace can be combined into the most wonderful poems. And naturally, filial piety is considered the most beautiful virtue, most appreciated in all times, from ancient to modern times, from East to West. Using ink pen to express the gratitude of Parents is still forever with human life. So, as a Buddhist following the righteous path, how should we repay the favor of our parents' birth and upbringing? The most complete filial piety must include two parts: material and spiritual. 1. In terms of material life, it is necessary to take care of serving and taking care of parents with necessary needs, so that parents can relax and rest in their late afternoons. 2. In terms of spiritual life, it is necessary to regularly encourage parents to help their parents learn to understand the righteous Dharma, know how to avoid evil and do good, maintain the three good karmas, to eternal liberation and happiness There was a Zen master who, although he himself had left home, still remained filial until his parents disappeared: "Jiangshan is still burdened with God's love that has not yet given us a break, let's go. God told me to stop, Giang Son took the burden, I rested." During this year's Vu Lan season, we Buddhists bow our heads respectfully in front of the Buddha platform, vowing to follow the example of filial piety of Lord Muc Kien Lien, fulfilling the responsibility of being a filial, filial, and grateful son. for the two born beings, the more I think of all sentient beings in the Dharma Realm to be freed from suffering, to the shore of peace and happiness. but still kept filial piety until the parents passed away: "Jiangshan is still burdened with God's love that has not yet given us a break, so let's go. When God tells us to stop going, Giang Son takes the burden, we rest". During this year's Vu Lan season, we Buddhists bow our heads respectfully in front of the Buddha platform, vowing to follow the example of filial piety of Lord Muc Kien Lien, fulfilling the responsibility of being a filial, filial, and grateful son. for the two born beings, the more I think of all sentient beings in the Dharma Realm to be freed from suffering, to the shore of peace and happiness. but still kept filial piety until the parents passed away: "Jiangshan is still burdened with God's love that has not yet given us a break, so let's go. When God tells us to stop going, Giang Son takes the burden, we rest". During this year's Vu Lan season, we Buddhists bow our heads respectfully in front of the Buddha platform, vowing to follow the example of filial piety of Lord Muc Kien Lien, fulfilling the responsibility of being a filial, filial, and grateful son. for the two born beings, the more I think of all sentient beings in the Dharma Realm to be freed from suffering, to the shore of peace and happiness.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).BUDDHIST DHARMA WHEEL GOLDEN MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.18/8/2021.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.