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Hungry ghost: Encyclopedia - Hungry ghost

A hungry ghost is a kind of ghost associated with hunger common to many religions. In Judeo-Christian theology, for example, the Book of Enoch (an apocryphal book of the Bible whose complete version has only recently been discovered as a part of the Dead Sea Scrolls) describes the fall of the Watchers and the demons who might be the fallen angels (Watchers) themselves, or the offspring of the union of the Watchers and mankind. These creatures are said to wander the world in the form of evil spirits—endlessly yearning for food ...

Hungry ghost: The Way of Pain

The Way of Pain

The Sanskrit word saha means "to endure, to go patiently through hardships without rebelling."1 The process of disillusionment is an unquestionably painful process at times. Genuine spiritual life has never been popular, and never will be, because most people are unwilling to open to and accept pain.

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Hungry ghost: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary on Peta

Peta (peta; Skt. preta): A "hungry shade" or "hungry ghost" - one of a class of beings in the lower realms, sometimes capable of appearing to human beings.

The petas are often depicted in Buddhist art as starving beings with pinhole-sized mouths through which they can never pass enough food to ease their hunger.

(See also: Peta , Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)

Hungry ghost: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary on LOKA

LOKA - ‘world’, on of six states of mind produced by the three fires of greed, hate and delusion heaven, human, animal, asura, hungry, ghost, hell. (Sanskrit) (NAD)

(See also: LOKA , Wiccan Pagan, Paganism, Pagan Dictionary)

Hungry ghost: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary on Apaya-bhumi

apaya-bhumi (apaaya-bhuumi): State of deprivation; the four lower levels of existence into which one might be reborn as a result of past unskillful actions (see kamma):

rebirth in hell,

* as a hungry ghost (see peta),

* as an angry demon (see Asura), or

* as a common animal.

None of these states is permanent.

Compare sugati.

(See also: Apaya-bhumi , Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)

Hungry ghost: Encyclopedia - Yurei

Yūrei (幽霊) are Japanese ghosts. Like their Western counterparts, they are thought to be spirits kept from a peaceful afterlife due to some wrong caused to them in life, a lack of a proper burial, or because they committed suicide. They typically appear in the hours between midnight and sunrise, floating about to frighten and torment those who wronged them in life, but otherwise causing no harm. Some may argue that Hanzo Hasashi (aka Scorpion from the Mortal Kombat series) plays homage to this type of ghost probably due to the fact he was violently murdered and on top of ...

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Hungry ghost: Encyclopedia II - Yurei - Features

Traditionally, they are female and dress in white kimono, typical burial clothing in ancient Japan. They typically lack legs and feet (respresented in theatre by the use of very long kimono), and are frequently depicted as being accompanied by a pair of floating flames or will o' the wisps (hi-no-tama in Japanese) in eerie colors such as blue, green, or purple. These ghostly flames are separate parts of the ghost rather than independent spirits. Yūrei also often have a triangular piece of paper or cloth known as a hitaikakushi ...