Preta, also known as hungry ghost, is the Sanskrit name for a type of supernatural being described in Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Chinese folk religion as undergoing suffering greater than that of
In Gaki zōshi 餓鬼草紙 "Scroll of Hungry Ghosts": a Gaki condemned to feces-eating watches a child wearing geta and holding a chūgi, c. 12th century.
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