佛說盂蘭盆經疏 2.76

2.76

When Maudgalyāyana heard the sūtra, he was only receiving the instruction; preparing the basin offering should have taken place at another time. Now, immediately after the preaching of the sūtra, to say that she was released from being a hungry ghost is an omission by the translators. At the end of the main body of the text, the compiler's narrative should have read: "At that time, Maudgalyāyana, having heard this Dharma, prepared the basin offering on the fifteenth day of the seventh month and offered it to the monks of pravāraṇā; his mother on that very day obtained release from the suffering of one kalpa as a hungry ghost." Then both the text and its meaning would be evident. Thus the Tripiṭaka Master says: "The filial child having presented offerings on this morning, the loving mother was stripped of calamity on this day. Great indeed is the holy power, swift like this!" The years and kalpas of suffering endured by hungry ghosts await further examination and narrative.