ULLAMBANA ceremony Meaning.

 

Annually folk often strengthened in the days after the full moon lunar July, VU LAN Buddhist ceremony held on the full moon day in July, a Buddhist or not, we should also find out about this issue.

Noun Vu Lan is transcribed Ullambana Sanskrit, Chinese is translated League Huyen Dao, means rescue curse hanging upside down. The Chinese called this ceremony is VU Fourth, the word Bon means pot, pan means used to describe food offerings. So Vu Lan Vu Lan ceremony or celebration Bon means food offerings to the Three Jewels to ask to pray for grandparents, parents of the deceased in the seventh group called ventricular eternal legend, if someone has to do sin on earth, when complacency parts fall into hell, will be thanks to kindness Jewels out of hell, being in the other realms of peace.

In folk based on that, that day many believe that souls are out of hell, how many days in captivity in hell were hungry, thirsty, compassionate people is laid out offerings for the spirits that are eating. Because salty food offerings, so they only offered from 16 onwards until the end of July.

Where does this Bon Vu Lan ceremony? Complementary Buddha Shakyamuni was in this world, there are over 1200 Buddhist monks to cultivate usually (not including over 500 nuns), of which he is very filial Moggallana should also be honored as the Great hospitality Moggallana, his highest clairvoyance, are classified in ten talented disciple above all in all disciples of the Buddha.

Shortly after he Maudgalyayana six kabbalah evidence: 1) Seeing all things in the universe (heaven label information), 2) Listen to all the languages ​​everywhere (natural atrial information), 3) Know the facts of life before and their present life as well as from (Additional network), 4) Knowing in my heart what others are thinking (Tha clearinghouse), 5) Know go around in minutes and are all transformed expenses (sufficient spirit information), 6) in completely clean, finish all the affectionate, people no longer accept, accept our (Gonorrhea make informed), remembered his mother, his third eye using information found on preta birth mother, not eating he brought the rice offered for her mother, Thanh Threads heart still stingy, so grab your left hand covering mouth bowl, hand loading and rice, but rice is not taken to have arisen out mouth coal fire, she was not eating. Moggallana returned to the Buddha and everything.

The Buddha taught that the sin of her bar Thread too heavy, Moggallana could not save, want to save her, he must by the force of the new ten monks were liberated, so what do you want to be as follows:

By the full moon day of July, the day the monks slowly, be because their parents and grandparents or parents seven current life, because those who are within the accident, more prepared foods, the fruits, incense lamps, bedding plants situated, best food placed in four, donated to the monks. That day the monks have studied the outcomes of chronic, monks and sages Increase in ten uniform gathered Life Centre rice slowly, because the world is full purity law, should their moral truth boundless , who donated food for them on this day, the parents and grandparents are no longer suffering, contemporary living increase longevity, who deceased be born in the realm of peace.

Buddha also taught the monks, come on slowly to place the offer before Buddha, to pray for the offerings and their relatives seventh before life use.

Germany Maudgalyayana obey Buddha, did the same thing, she immediately bar to escape the hungry ghost lives, be born to heaven. Germany Maudgalyayana also asked for more, later Buddhists can do Bon Vu Lan ceremony or not?

The Buddha taught that parents who want to signaling, to the full moon day of July put good food on the tub, and offered them their gradually increasing cross, prayer, parents out of money will be long, no disease, no also suffering parents, grandparents too would escape the ghosts are suffering human being into space or heaven enjoy many blessings.

The word suicide means arbitrary, that day is the day slowly despite where monks to cultivate for three months, from the date of Buddha's Full Moon in April, on the full moon day of July, is also a place to gather, celebrate read out a precept, then declare himself the monk does the world have committed during the three-month renovation and to repent of his errors, monks as well, depending on the light or heavy that transgression against a man for violation great. This day is also called Day joy, because joy monks have read the precepts day, to himself penance, Buddhists happy they offered ten Jewels to pray, the deceased was delighted place of suffering out of hell.

This is the meaning of Vu Lan ceremony, an important festival of the Buddhists. This ancient Buddhist annually in two important holidays; That is Buddha's feast and holidays Vu Lan. In the Divine pre-existing printed: Elaborately late period, Prussian subjects, Di Da, Diamond and Vu Lan.

The Buddhists, on the full moon day in July, a large Buddhist ceremony goes but if understood correctly, you should do as the Buddha's teaching that day to sumptuous food offerings, incense, utensils for the monks to ask kindness of his family to pray for a long life, health or have lost the will to get rid of hell, being in another world enjoy many blessings. Remember mercy Moggallana, because he should ask the Buddha taught, Buddhists follow so you know how many people were born in the realm of peace.END=NAM MO CAKYA MOUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.8/7/2016.MHDT.