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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' tr…
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Investigate this subjectA 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 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 thr
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