Pchum Ben Song / Sin Sisamuth old song / ចំរៀង ភ្ជុំបិណ្ឌ

• published: 13 Sep 2015
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Pchum Ben Day, October is the month when Cambodian people celebrate the festival of Phchum Ben. Together with Khmer New Year in April, Phchum Ben is the most important festival in the Khmer religious calendar. Cambodians have faithfully observed the festival every year for as long as anyone can remember. Everyone goes to the pagoda because they don't want the spirits of dead members of their family to come to seek offerings at pagodas in vain. It is believed that wondering spirits will go to look in seven different pagodas and if those spirits can not find their living relatives' offering in any of those pagodas, they will curse them, because they cannot eat food offered by other people," the monk said."When the living relatives offer the food to the spirit, the spirit will bless them with happiness", he added. According to the monk, legend has it that Phchum Ben came about because relatives of King Bath Pempeksa defied religious customs and ate rice before the monks did during a religious ritual. After their death, they became evil spirits. He explained that later when a monk known as Kokak Sonthor gained enlightenment and became a Buddha on earth, all those evil spirits went to ask him "when can we eat?" The Buddha said "you have to wait for the next Buddha in the Kathakot Buddhist realm. In this realm, evil spirits cannot eat."When the next monk, Kamanou, achieved enlightenment and became a Buddha, all the evil spirits came again to ask the same question, and he gave the same answer as the previous Buddha. Later another monk, Kasakbour, achieved enlightenment and became a Buddha, and the hungry evil spirits again asked him the same question. The Buddha told them the same thing - to wait for the next Buddha.The final Buddha, Preah Samphot - also known also as Samanakkodom - said to the evil spirits, "Wait for your relative, King Bath Pempeksa, to offer merits and dedication. When the dedication is made, the food will be yours to eat." King Pempeksa finally made an offering, but he did not dedicate the offering to the spirits of his relatives. All the spirits that were related to him cried that night. And when King Bath Pempeksa went to the Valovan pagoda to visit the Buddha, he was told by the Buddha that, "All the spirits of your relatives are crying, demanding food. The spirits should get food in the realm of Kathakot. Although you offered food and did good deeds, you did not dedicate the food and good deeds to them." So King Bath Pempeksa made another dedication and offering, and this time he dedicated the food and merits to his relatives. The evil spirits received the dedication and were finally reborn into paradise. "It is believed that some of the dead receive punishment for their sins and burn in hell - they suffer a lot and are tortured there," he added. "Hell is far from people; those souls and spirits cannot see the sun; they have no clothes to wear, no food to eat," Om Sam Ol continued. "Phchum Ben is the period when those spirits receive offerings from their living relatives and perhaps gain some relief. Relatives consecrate and dedicate food and other offerings to them. This article is sourced from: http://www.tourismcambodia.com/tripplanner/events-in-cambodia/pchum-ben.htm Tracking: Khmer pchum ben song, PHCHOM BEN, ភ្ជុំបិណ្ឌ song, ភ្ជុំបិណ្ឌ, BEN PCHUM, រដូវភ្ជុំបិណ្ឌ, Khmer pchum ben Song collection, BEN PCHUM, Pchum ben song, Pchum ben collection song, Pchum ben, pchum ben song, Sinn Sisamouth, Sin Sisamuth, ភ្ជុំបិណ្ឌ songsong nonstop, khmer pchum ben, khmer pchum ben song new, new khmer pchum ben song, Khmer pchum ben song full albumsongs Khmer phoum ben Song collecton, khmer phum ben song nonstop, khmer phumben song, khmer phum ben song new, new khmer phum ben song phum ben old Song, Old ភ្ជុំបិណ្ឌ collection, pchum ben song Song nonstop, pchum ben song full album, pchum ben song song, Samuth pchum ben song nonstop, new BEN PCHUMcollection, khmer BEN PCHUM,khmer BEN PCHUM collection, khmer BEN PCHUM full album, pchum ben song