Hungry ghost
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title:
Hungry ghost
text:
Hungry ghost is a term in Buddhism, and Chinese traditional religion, representing beings who are driven by intense emotional needs in an animalistic way.
The terms 餓鬼 èguǐ literally "hungry ghost", are the Chinese translation of the Sanskrit term preta in Buddhism.
"Hungry ghosts" play a role in Chinese Buddhism, Taoism, and in Chinese folk religion.
The term is not to be confused with the generic term for "ghost" or damnation, 鬼 guǐ. The understanding is that people first become a regular ghos
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Chinese conception of the preta of Buddhist mythology
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungry_ghost
date created:
2003-12-04T02:53:38Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T01:33:04Z
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