Buddhist liturgy is a formalized service of veneration and worship performed within a Buddhist Sangha community in nearly every traditional denomination and tradition in the Buddhist world. It is ofte
Chinese Buddhist monks performing a formal ceremony in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Liao dynasty statue of the Eleven Headed Guanyin in Dule Temple in Tianjin, China.
Kamakura-period statue of Thousand-armed Kannon at Sanjūsangen-dō in Kyoto, Japan.
Butsudan with enshrined Amida Buddha
A hungry ghost in Buddhism and Chinese traditional religion is a being who is driven by intense emotional needs in an animalistic way. The Chinese name 餓鬼; èguǐ; 'hungry ghost' translates the Sanskrit
A Chinese Buddhist monk and his attendants performing the Yujia Yankou ritual, a rite that fulfils several different functions, including feeding hungry ghosts.
Yujia Yankou ritual at Bangka Lungshan Temple during the Yulanpen Festival.