The term urabone (ullambana) refers to the last day of an ango practice (the three-month intensified practice of Zen Buddhism), on July 15th in the old calendar, but urabone is mostly used to indicate a memorial service offered for ancestors' souls to relieve severe sufferings on that day. |
盂蘭盆会(うらぼんえ、ullambana、)とは、安居(あんご)の最後の日、7月15日 (旧暦)を盂蘭盆(ullambana)とよんで、父母や祖霊を供養し、倒懸(とうけん)の苦を救うという行事である。 |