05/09/2025
Many friends asked why I’m performing these rituals 🙏
I’m doing it because these two days are very auspicious in the Buddhist calendar:
🌕 Hungry Ghost Festival (7/14) – a time when the unseen world opens. We offer food and smoke to wandering spirits, so they find relief instead of hunger.
✨ Buddha’s Joyful Day (7/15) – a day when Buddhas and Sangha rejoice because people dedicate light, offer blessings, and remember ancestors. It’s said that merit multiplies many times on this day.
Through offerings like candles, smoke, lotus, and Dharma boats:
We ease suffering of hungry spirits
Bless and uplift ancestors
Clear karmic debts and obstacles
Bring light and protection for ourselves too
Merit isn’t only limited to these days — but these occasions are powerful reminders to practice compassion and generosity. 🌸
很多朋友问我 🙏 为什么要在这两天做这些法会与供养？
因为这两天在佛教历法中非常殊胜：
🌕 中元节（农历七月十四）
这一天“阴阳两界相通”，我们以食物与烟供来安抚孤魂，让他们从饥饿与痛苦中得到片刻 relief。
✨ 佛欢喜日（农历七月十五）
这一天，诸佛与僧团欢喜，因为众生发心点灯、回向功德、忆念祖先。据说在这一天所修功德，会成倍增长。
通过供养 🕯️蜡烛、🌬️烟供、🌸莲花、⛵法船：
安抚饿鬼、解除痛苦
超荐与祝福祖先
化解业债与障碍
也为自己带来光明与护佑
🌟 功德并不限于这两天——但这样的节日提醒我们，应在日常生活中也不断实践慈悲与布施。🌸
