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ULLAMBANA:
THE BUDDHIST OBSERVATION OF ANCESTORS
Annually, during the seventh lunar month, Buddhists across East and Southeast Asia observe Ullambana (Ghost Festival, Ancestor Day), a sacred time for honoring departed loved ones and alleviating the suffering of beings trapped in the realms of the afterlife. Rooted in Buddhist scripture and local folk traditions, Ullambana combines ritual, reverence, and community compassion.
The observance originates from the Ullambana Sutra, a Mahayana Buddhist text in which Maudgalyayana (Mogallana), one of the Buddha’s foremost disciples, seeks to save his mother from torment in the realm of hungry ghosts. The Buddha instructs him to make offerings to monks on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, thereby creating the foundation of the Ullambana ritual.
In contemporary practice, Ullambana is observed throughout China, Japan (as Obon), Vietnam (Vu Lan), Korea (Chuseok), Taiwan, Singapore, and other Buddhist communities globally. Devotees prepare elaborate food offerings, burn incense and paper goods, and hold ceremonial chants at temples or ancestral altars. In some regions, colorful lanterns are floated on rivers to guide spirits home.
The festival embodies the Buddhist values of filial piety, compassion, and karmic redemption. It offers people a chance to express gratitude to their ancestors, seek blessings, and generate merit not only for loved ones but also for all beings suffering in lower realms. Ullambana unites millions of Buddhists in a shared spiritual effort to ease suffering and nurture intergenerational harmony.
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