THE FULL MOON IN JULY AND AREA OF ORIGIN OF ULLAMBANA.

July full moon every lunar year is the date of death, folk call a day is roughly the hungry ghost. But this is also signaling that the world is on Buddhist monks called Vu Lan holiday. So this holiday and the hungry ghost festival has to be one or not? And what is the origin of the words "Vu Lan"?
Vu Lan ceremony originates from the area of filial piety of Mr. Ma Ha A La household goods, often called the Great Maudgalyayana, referred to as Section Contact. Which is a direct priest, later Section The refuge has become a major disciple of Buddha, achieved six magic and miracles listed on the First class in every disciple of the Buddha. Having attained Arhat, Section Contact Me pity to form the body, using insight went looking down the woeful look and saw that she had threatened the life preta (hungry ghosts) A Ti hell. Emaciated body, skin and bones, head to his abdomen, neck, such as grass. The hungry mom Section shall not eat, drink not drink. Too pity laments, Section Contact wield magic, news came to her speed. Lowland rice bowl hand which offered the tearful mother. Mother Section The long hunger should wash with a bowl of rice to eat. The left hand bowl trap, hand picking rice but not in the mouth, the rice into the fire was. Section Contact extreme pain, weeping bitterly and then returned to transparency about the Buddha would be taught how to save her mother.
The Buddha said to the section because of past life karma that his mother last to be born into evil paths where do ghosts species. Contact the Section alone save her helpless even to where he is divine and even his filial piety is to comprehend the earth and sky, to the gods. Resort to their increased virtue united around the anchor asking to be saved for last. Therefore, the Buddha taught to respect Section The procession to the monks of the ten directions, especially in the holy fruits showed four or six have achieved miracles. Thanks to the prayers of the merit of this position, she Section The new lemur escape the suffering. Buddhism teaches Category Contact shop for all the dishes offered to him, which is way trendy treasure, Strawberry candles, bed mat screened pillows, blankets clothing, wash basins, hand towels and other Japanese dishes using other. Yes the full moon day in July, the boys set up forum for prayer, boys performed set to invite monks real life. Before the meal, the other will follow the teachings of the Buddha which kept praying for the parents and grandparents are seven generations of owners such transcendence. The item did as the Buddha's teaching. As expected death of his model to get rid of ghosts that lives in the realm of healthy birth. Offering ways to pray is called Vu Lan tub legal, ritual bath is called Vu Lan Assembly, and recorded the volume of trading above it is called Vu Lan tub experience.
On July fifteenth so called Vu Lan is a holiday. So this ceremony is to the hungry ghost festival or not? No! These are two different ritual is celebrated on the same day. The legend of the hungry ghost festival roughly as follows: Just as "Buddhist Theory of International Trade Research Focus Da La Ni Business ghosts" that failure, the hungry ghost stories related to distance himself from Ananda, often referred to as A Nan, with a fire demon mouth (points required) also known as the fire demon (coolly). Is there one evening, Ananda was sitting in the net loss and saw a thin dry preta body, small neck is long, mouth spit it out into the fire. Devils said that three days after Ananda would die and be hungry ghost realm of reincarnation into his mouth like a fire burning on it. Ananda was so scared, went through demons showed how to avoid suffering from the map. Hungry ghosts speak: "Tomorrow he must give to our four ghosts feed each one a deck, because I'm offering three jewels that he would be up this life I will be born in realms above." Ananda bring transparency to the Buddha story. Buddha went to call is placed to the mantra "Save Export Focus Da La Ni preta", brought proceedings in the ritual to be more blessed. Chinese Buddhists call this ritual is the reporter points required, that is offering to give alms and pray for the fire demon hungry mouth, but folk is interpreted broadly and goes into camp hungry ghost, that is, offering alms to the I suppose he souls of helpless because no one is relative on earth worship. So hungry ghost to derive from this area, so now people are still hungry ghost is said Diem Zoom password. Sometimes also referred to Diem said another exporter. Diem gates, from the original meaning is (demons) mouth fire, this means that the hungry ghost. This contributed to confirm the origin of the hungry ghost festival that we have presented above. Reporter points required which literally means "mouth of fire demon drop", later to be interpreted broadly once again to "forgive all those who died." So today a new sentence: "July full moon day of death."
So Vu Lan ceremony and the hungry ghost festival are two different rituals. A behind the story he related to Section Contact, a behind the story he related to Ananda. One thing is to pray for the parents and grandparents of seven lives, one thing is to give alms for the souls who do not worship. A behind is signaled, one thing is doing good. The difference between the two is obvious, but many people still confused. Previous example, Thai cultural control that Vu Lan ceremony and celebration (absolution) rounds of (fete des Trepasses) a. And the hungry ghost festival (fete des Ames errantes) and celebration of death (Pardon des Trepasses) then he is considered a two-Vu Lan ceremony is to pray for the souls of the dead (We emphasize - HT) no longer oppressed suffering anymore. But this is not "dead people" in general because as you know, that's just the parents and grandparents only seven generations.
Back to the talk about the differences between the hungry ghost festival with offerings signaling, often called Vu Lan ceremony. Vu Lan is a form off of Vu Lan tub . But Vu Lan tub is what? Bon pot pantry. Pantry pot bring offerings to the monks from the moon in July to pray for the souls of the dead no longer be oppressed suffering anymore. Vu Lan words translated from Sanscrit Ullabana negative, is hung rescue. Those who do a lot of moral evil, after death, be born in great suffering to the living realm called hell. Here is a picture hanging suffering We will rely on these teachings that explore the origins of a few hours "Vu Lan" and "Vu Lan tub." Preaching the wrong that has four first bad points we have just pointed out in the last line of the paragraph above.
After this is the wrong place Monday: In the tub tub is not true because the food just sinks a transcription factor (to be clearly analyzed in the next section) only. Says it is "pot pantry offerings monks brought from the moon in July" is wrong in a way more. Pot is "furniture is usually made ​​of porcelain or metal, wide mouth, shallow, that holds water washing, bathing and washing or to plant trees etc. .." So in this kind of pantry items that rise to the monks real life was an act completely comfortable furniture and disrespectful. In fact, the Buddha taught The following section:

Must run full repair shop
hundreds of food items in colored fruit
shop Back to bed mattresses lined
the same brass, sinks, light torches, incense, oil and
food coloring purified treasures
contained in the glass bowl for rising expectations
(ca Economic Forum Vu Lan tank)

Basin, basin (sink) is just something to offer to the monks during the Vu Lan for use in washing, bathing and washing ... only. But the food must be "pure golden color, put in bowl" dignified courtesy, but where to put in a pot.
In fact, scholars have preached as above, such delegation from China also in the large dictionary of Buddhism or the whole image in the thick folds of old books. This is an instruction depends on the variance of Chinese books. From Highlands, for example, has lectured on Vu Lan tub a few hours as follows: "In taking tub hundred offerings to the Buddhas form" (The course provides the storage tank maintenance department Buddhas).
scores were sent by a third errors of their predecessors that the Vu Lan faculty "hung rescue", as seen from the typical Chinese teaching Vu Lan sinks are "at legendary island." In fact, such as The Highlands, faculty Vu Lan tub to "save legendary island" is borrowed words "mysterious island" in the Book of Mencius. In this book, which calls the "People spend more approved by resolution field mysterious island" that is "as free from such extreme misery." The voluntary preached "mysterious island" is extreme misery (even more miserable). So "at legendary island" is not "hung rescue" that is "free from extreme misery." The words "mysterious island" here is no longer too literally. They mean the same as here in the sense of the term "mystical island of currency" is the miserable situation, rather than "hanging scene."
wrong place fourth in talk that the term Sanscrit " Ullabana "means" rescue hanging. " First, to say that from the Sanscrit has been misspelled. So do not know here the authors refer to the term Sanscrit, but misspelled any form have seen it can infer that it is one of two from the following: Ullambana or Ullambhana. Here, for analysis from the first: Ullambana includes three types are: ud (become negative variables ul by samdhi rules when facing d l) is a prefix, often referred to as cash from (preverbe) only the bottom-up movement, lamb is the root element that is hanging from the suffix and ana action. So Ullambana means hanging up. But all alone just like that! From this Sanscrit not express the mind hanging upside down or anything. It's much less can mean "rescue hoisting" is. Back up, we have raised the inaccuracies in the words of the words "Vu Lan". So what is the origin and true meaning of these two hours? First, as said Vu Lan is short for "Vu Lan tub." This is three hours was used to transcribe word Ullambhana Sanscrit. This word was at first pronounced by four Han Chinese Vietnamese read the music is Olambana. This ancient form of transcription has been confirmed from Customs. Later, Olambana be replaced by a new form transcribed as "Vu Lan sinks", which replaces O Vu, lam and spread to her tub + n (a). Because "Vu Lan tank" is just three hours to transcribe, so each hour a (Vu, Lan, tub) completely does not mean anything in the Han language. Therefore, separate tub out that teaching the "pot pantry" Ullambhana means liberation. Noun has three morphological Sanscrit: Prefix ud (becoming ul reasons stated), based element from lambh and ana suffix. Please specify for each of the image: Unlike in Ullambana, where it is only the movement from below. In Ullambhana, prefix or negative ud say the opposite, for example: chad (cover, covered), dv (for), uc-chad (undress), khan (buried), IU ut-khan (excavation), g (go), IU ud-g (come out), nah (tied, forced), IU un-nah (untied) etc. .. In the above example, ud become uc, ut, un by the negative turn samdhi rules. As the base from the elements listed in capital letters as they are traditionally separated. Based lambh elements from the alternating pattern labh, meaning that taking, taking, capture ... So Ul-lambh means liberation. Action suffix ana only related to the sense that the prefix and the verb root expression element. So Ullambhana means liberation. Ullambhana are transcribed into Han language in three hours along the Sino Vietnamese pronunciation is "Vu Lan tub." Vu Lan said tub is off the West as well. So Vu Lan is liberation. Its origin is from the Sanscrit Ullambhana list. This is the second of two from which we have speculated above. In the structure of the word, absolutely no one component that semantically related to the phenomenon of "hanging" at all. END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY THICH CHAN TANH.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUNS.( GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY ).5/8/2012.NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).