All Souls Festival:  All Souls Conclusion

Throughout the vast world

May there be no anxiety and no hindrance.

The cycles of death and life go on;

What else could there be?

If you go when you must go,

How could you not be at ease?

Turn your mind to the Tao

And deliverance will quickly come!

Chant encouraging souls of the departed to let go of attachments and be delivered from suffering

 All Souls Festival

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All Souls Festival: Caring at the Heart

Caring is at the heart of Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism. It is deeply felt at All Souls Festival when a thousand people from 26 countries join live chanters to chant for the world and for those who have passed away. Chanting also deeply benefits those who chant.

 

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All Souls Festival: Honouring and Aiding

There is a Chinese saying “When the dead are at peace, then the living shall prosper.” All Souls Festival gives the living an opportunity to express filial piety, harmony and dedication.  In honouring and aiding the souls of the deceased during All Souls Festival, we reduce suffering and bring blessings to the worlds of the living and the dead. 

Incense offerings during the All Souls Festival comfort the souls.

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All Souls Festival: Goon Yam Precious Announcement

Goon Yam, Deity of Compassion, cares for all.

“She seeks out and responds to the cries of the world

Moving her spirit and revealing her compassion

Her enlightened virtue towers over all

And her power is deep beyond measure

The netherworld awakens to receive the gift of deliverance

All beings come to health and receive the gift of life”

  • From the Precious Announcement of the Bodhisattva Goon Yam

All Souls Festival

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All Souls Festival: Goon Yam Precious Announcement

Goon Yam, Deity of Compassion, cares for all.

“She seeks out and responds to the cries of the world

Moving her spirit and revealing her compassion

Her enlightened virtue towers over all

And her power is deep beyond measure

The netherworld awakens to receive the gift of deliverance

All beings come to health and receive the gift of life”

  • From the Precious Announcement of the Bodhisattva Goon Yam

All Souls Festival

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All Souls Festival: Harmony

We all have a relationship with our ancestors. All Souls Festival  provides a way to care for and maintain harmony with them. This harmony then permeates our lives and our communities. The Columbarium, the cemetery and the Memorial Hall at the Fung Loy Kok International Centre are each dedicated to caring for the souls of those who have passed away.

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All Souls Festival Beautiful Bags

All Souls Festival gives the living an opportunity to express filial piety, harmony and dedication by honouring ancestors, relatives and friends who have passed away. 

Beautiful paper bags decorated with symbols of longevity, balance and comfort in the afterlife hold paper offerings to be burnt.

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