• 16. The Hungry Ghosts of Asian Festivals of the Dead: Obon, Pchum Ben, and Zhongyuan

  • Sep 24 2016
  • Length: 26 mins
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16. The Hungry Ghosts of Asian Festivals of the Dead: Obon, Pchum Ben, and Zhongyuan

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  • Take a journey across the Far East and discovery the truly astounding, soul-stirring, and spiritually fascinating festivals of the dead that occur throughout Asia during the harvest seasons - including the Japanese Obon, the Cambodian Pchum Ben, and the Chinese Zhongyuan. Learn how to honor the ancestors and discover the lessons of the Hungry Ghosts...

    Show Notes & Recommended Resources:

    Where the Dead Pause, and the Japanese Say Goodbye by Marie Matsuki Mockett,

    Matsuri: The Festivals of Japan by Herbert Plutschow,

    Deathpower: Buddhism's Ritual Imagination in Cambodia by Erik W. Davis,

    The Ghost Festival In Medieval China by Stephen F. Teiser,

    Mooncakes and Hungry Ghosts: Festivals of China by Carol Stepanchuk.

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