Hungry ghost
Chinese, Japanese and Tibetan conception of the preta of Buddhist mythology
Hungry ghost
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 preta in Buddhism. Hungry ghosts play a role in Chinese Buddhism, Japanese Buddhism, Taoism, and in Chinese folk religion. Hungry ghosts are distinct from generic ghosts or damnation, 鬼; guǐ (the residual spirit of a deceased ancestor). The understanding is that people first become a regular ghost when they die and then slowly weaken and eventually die a second time. The hungry ghosts, along with animals and hell beings, consists of the three realms of existence no one desires. In these realms it is extremely difficult to be reborn in a better realm (i.e. the realm of humans, asura or deva) because it is nearly impossible to perform deeds that cultivate good karma. With the rise in popularity of Buddhism, the idea that souls would live in space until reincarnation became popular. In the Taoist...
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