[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [佛說盂蘭盆經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1792) › 2.33 # 佛說盂蘭盆經疏 2.33 佛說盂蘭盆經疏 2.33 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1792.2.33) 子急告父，臣急告君，自力不如，理宜投佛。弟子勤觀四諦、已證三明，可以反覆山河、迴轉日月。豈料母縈極苦、命若倒懸，竭其孝誠盡其神變，而竟不能令除惡報暫濟飢腸，所以叫泣奔還，備申哀懇。 > A child in urgent need appeals to the father; a minister in urgent need appeals to the lord. When one's own power is insufficient, it is right to turn to the Buddha. The disciple had diligently contemplated the four truths and already realized the three knowledges, capable of overturning mountains and rivers and revolving the sun and moon. How could he have anticipated that his mother would be entangled in ultimate suffering, her life as if hung upside down, and that exhausting his filial sincerity and using all his supernormal transformations would nevertheless fail to eliminate her evil retribution and temporarily relieve her starving belly? This is why he rushed back crying and weeping, fully expressing his mournful plea. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1792.2.32) - [Next: 2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1792.2.34) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1792.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1792~en-mt.2.33) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1792.2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1792.2.33) · Pramāṇa