Every Lunar seventh month is commonly known as “Ghost Month”, but it is called “Filial Piety Month” in Buddhism.
Putuo Village is celebrating Ksitigarbha Boddhisattva Birthday on this coming Sunday(13th Sept.), it’s not only a Thanksgiving ceremony, it also highlights the importance of filial piety and in memorial of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas’ filial spirit, it’s a chance of self-cultivation, dedicate the merit to past generation of parents and all sentient beings to reborn in the good way, as well as to increase wisdom and blessing thus to attain Buddhahood.
All devotees are welcome to join this puja, thank you!