Hungry Ghosts Explained

Hungry ghosts are a concept in Buddhism and in Chinese traditional religion.

Hungry Ghost(s) or hungry ghost(s)may also refer to:

Books

• • Hungry Ghosts (novel), a 2023 novel by Kevin Jared Hosein , by Jasper Becker

Film, television and radio

• The Hungry Ghosts, a 2009 American film by Michael Imperioli
• Hungry Ghosts (TV series), a 2020 Australian television series
• The Hungry Ghosts, part 2 of the 1998 and 2000 radio drama Midnight at the Casa Luna

Music

• Hungry Ghosts (band), a Hong Kong rock band formed in 2007

Albums

• Hungry Ghost (album), 2013 album by Violent Soho
• Hungry Ghosts (album), 2014 album by OK Go
• Hungry Ghosts, 2005 album by Doug Cox

Songs

• "Hungry Ghost", by Blank Banshee on the album MEGA
• "Hungry Ghost", by Brad Mehldau
• "Hungry Ghost", by Hurray For The Riff Raff
• "Hungry Ghost", by Scars on Broadway, released as a B-side on the single "They Say"
• "Hungry Ghost", by STRFKR
• "Hungry Ghosts", by DJ Logic
• "Hungry Ghosts!", by Mudboy

Other uses

• Preta, a type of supernatural being described in Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Chinese and Vietnamese folk religion, also known as hungry ghost

See also

• Ghost Festival, also known as Hungry Ghost Festival, a festival held in some East Asian countries
• , a book by Gabor Maté
• A Month of Hungry Ghosts, a 2008 Singaporean film
• Scroll of Hungry Ghosts, a Japanese National Treasure painting
• Segaki, a ritual of Japanese Buddhism sometimes translated as "feeding the hungry ghosts"