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Ulambana Festival, also known as the Ghost Festival in the seventh lunar month, is believed to be the day when the gates of hell open. Countless hungry ghosts emerge from the underworld in search of food, wandering aimlessly in the human realm. These spirits drift and roam everywhere, searching for sustenance, and only once a year do they obtain a brief moment of nourishment.During this annual Ghost Festival in the seventh lunar month, offerings are made to them only once a year, yet few understand the suffering of hunger, cold, and hardship they endure in the realm of hell.In traditional folk customs, large-scale ancestral and spirit offerings are performed during this festival.We should cultivate compassion and perform smoke offering (sang offering) practices for them, making offerings of food, clothing, and medicine. This allows them to receive the blessed “fragrant smoke of burning offerings” empowered by Buddhas and Bodhisattvas’ mantras, helping to relieve their long-standing suffering of hunger, thirst, cold, and illness that may last for hundreds or even thousands of years. Smoke offering is considered one of the best forms of generosity toward them. It also allows them to hear the Dharma and attain liberation, eventually reborn in the Pure Land.During smoke offerings, it is recommended to burn the Six Realms Vajra Liberation Mantra Wheel paper and dedicate the merits to them. Through the blessings of this liberation mantra wheel, they may be freed from suffering, illness, hunger, and cold. The merit of the liberation mantra wheel is immeasurable and vast, bringing great blessings.When burning mantra wheels together with smoke offering practices, it can quickly eliminate obstacles and negative karma, serving as a profound method of purification and merit accumulation. It is recommended to perform more smoke offerings, food offerings, clothing offerings, and nectar offerings during the Ulambana Festival.Infinite merit is gained.【Giving brings greater blessings than receiving】.
The smoke offering products from Shuang Long Hang are made from the purest natural ingredients, including plant-based beans, grains, milk powder, and various precious herbs.【Shuang Long Hang smoke offering products are available at your nearest spiritual goods store.】
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