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Hungry Ghosts

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Hungry ghosts are a concept in Buddhism and in Chinese traditional religion.

Hungry Ghost(s) or hungry ghost(s)may also refer to:

Books

Film, television and radio

Music

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Other uses

  • Preta, a type of supernatural being described in Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Chinese and Vietnamese folk religion, also known as hungry ghost

See also

  • Ghost Festival, also known as Hungry Ghost Festival, a festival held in some East Asian countries
  • Yujia Yankou, a Chinese Buddhist ritual that originated as a rite to feed hungry ghosts but eventually expanded in significance as a ritual to facilitate the nourishment and ultimate liberation of all sentient beings in saṃsāra
  • In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction, a book by Gabor Maté
  • A Month of Hungry Ghosts, a 2008 Singaporean film
  • Scroll of Hungry Ghosts, a Japanese National Treasure painting
  • Segaki, a ritual of Japanese Buddhism sometimes translated as "feeding the hungry ghosts"
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