Pv 4Advice to a Daughter
Pāli / Sanskrit:Piṭṭhadhītalikapetavatthu
How do we help our departed relatives?
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– STORIES OF HUNGRY GHOSTS
– THE SNAKE CHAPTER
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BJT 10Having called to mind some object, one who is not miserly should offer a gift dedicated to those who have passed away before, or to the divine beings dwelling on the land, …
BJT 11… and to the four Great Kings renowned as guardians of the world: Kuvera, Dhataraṭṭha, Virūpakkha, and Virūḷhaka. And when these have been honored, the donors are not without fruit.
BJT 12Weeping, and grief, or any other form of lamentation is not proper, for such things bring no benefit to the one who has passed away, even though relatives continue to act in that way.
BJT 13Moreover, when this offering has been given, well established in the Sangha, it at once accomplishes lasting benefit for that one who has passed away.
The Story of the Hungry Ghost in the Form of a Flour Doll is the fourth.
Translated by Bhikkhu Indacanda, 2011. Based on the Buddha Jayanthi edition of the Pali canon, as corrected by Bhikkhu Indacanda. Full text, translation, and notes are available at the translator's website: http://tamtangpaliviet.net/.
Used by kind permission of the translator.
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