Mistaken for centuries as obscene, the Buddha embracing a goddess is actually one of the most sublime and profound spiritual symbols of Vajrayana Buddhism.
For the past two years, my children haven't come home to visit even once, and I realize how wrong I was to sell my 1.000-square-meter garden and divide all the money between my two sons.
Whenever I received my salary, I would send it back home to my mother to save for buying a house. After 5 years, when I returned and asked for it back, she said there was no money left; she had given it all to my younger brother and bought things for the family.
Some people spend a few million dong, write their mother's name on a golden scroll, and then calmly sit in a cafe waiting for the priest to perform the ceremony, feeling at peace and telling themselves, "I have fulfilled my filial duty!"
I once saw someone prostrate themselves during the Vu Lan festival, with tears in their eyes, but after the ceremony, they called their father and spoke harshly to him over a trivial matter, then sped through a red light to make it to a meeting on time.
A mother in China has filed a lawsuit demanding her daughter pay $680.000 for failing to provide financial support and fulfill her commitment to do so.
Considering his mother's remarriage at the age of 77 shameful, the eldest son abandoned her, not even caring for or inquiring about her when she was seriously ill and needed emergency treatment.
The single man in his late 60s often felt helpless trying to balance work and caring for his ailing parents; he wished he had enough money to send either his father or mother to a nursing home.
My mother's living expenses at the nursing home are equivalent to half my monthly income, and she receives better care there than at home. I find it unfair that I'm still being accused of being unfilial.
My parents' land was divided in half, with my two younger siblings splitting the rest equally; this will shames me because, as the eldest son, I live far away and cannot be with my parents in their twilight years.
My uncle and aunt were once the wealthiest in the family, but after dividing their assets among their three sons, they were seen as parasites, a burden that the youngest son wanted to get rid of and pass on to his older brothers.
After disappearing for 20 years with his mistress, my father-in-law suddenly reappeared, riddled with illnesses, and brought his stepmother with him, demanding that we care for her and show our filial piety.
Tiền chữa trị cho bố tầm 400-500 triệu đồng, vợ chồng tôi chỉ lo được hơn 100 triệu, trong khi đó 4 anh chị của tôi chỉ đến thăm chứ không ai đề cập chuyện góp tiền.
Vietnamese netizens are emotionally sharing a video showing a woman giving away free flowers to people who call their parents and say, "I love you, Mom."
Using the excuse that she's the youngest daughter-in-law, my wife refuses to pay half of the money for supporting my mother-in-law, insisting on splitting it equally with my three older brothers, even though they live in the countryside.
If you can't bring money home to your mother right now, don't be sad because besides material things, these are what parents truly hope for from their children.
Don't accuse those who put their parents in nursing homes of filial impiety; if they choose a good place, it's also a way to show filial piety and ensure their parents receive the best possible care.
July arrives, marking the Vu Lan festival, a time when children respectfully offer their filial piety to their parents, a time of roses pinned to clothing, evoking fond memories.
Có rất nhiều người tâm sự rằng: trong sâu thẳm họ yêu thương cha mẹ lắm, nhưng họ vướng vào rào cản tâm lý,nên nhiều khi yêu thương đấy, nhưng khó nói thành lời
Believing in superstitious rumors, the son gathered his relatives to exhume his father's grave to clarify the mystery of "the dead coming back to life."