[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) › [經律異相](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121) › 14.33 # 經律異相 14.33 經律異相 14.33 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [14.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.14.33) 目連始得道。欲度父母報乳哺恩。見其亡母生餓鬼中。不見飲食皮骨相連。目連悲哀。即鉢盛飯往餉其母。母得鉢飯食未入口化成火炭。目連馳還具陳此事。佛言。汝母罪根深結。非汝一人力所奈何。當須眾僧威神之力乃得解脫。可以七月十五日。為七世父母厄難中者。具飯五菓汲罐盆器香油鋌燭床褥臥具盡世甘美供養眾僧。其日眾聖六通聲聞緣覺菩薩示現比丘在大眾中。皆同一心受鉢和羅具清淨戒。其有供養此等僧者。七世父母五種親屬。得出三塗應時解脫衣食自然。佛勅眾僧。皆為施主家七世父母。行禪定意然後食供（出盂蘭經）。 > When Maudgalyāyana first attained the Way, wishing to deliver his parents to repay the kindness of being suckled, he saw his deceased mother born among hungry ghosts, seeing neither drink nor food, with her skin and bones clinging together. Maudgalyāyana was deeply grieved, and immediately filled a bowl with food and went to feed his mother. His mother took the bowl of food, but before it entered her mouth, it turned into blazing coals. Maudgalyāyana hurried back and recounted this matter in full. The Buddha said: 'Your mother's roots of sin are deeply entrenched; it is beyond the power of your lone self. You must rely on the awesome spiritual power of the assembly of monks to attain deliverance. On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, for one's parents of seven lifetimes who are in distress, prepare food, the five fruits, water-drawing jars, basins and vessels, incense, oil, candles, couches, mats, and bedding—exhausting the sweet and delicious things of the world—to make offerings to the assembly of monks. On that day, all the holy ones—śrāvakas of the six supernatural knowledges, pratyekabuddhas, and bodhisattvas manifesting as monks within the great assembly—all with one mind receive the bowl and patra, complete with pure precepts. For whoever makes offerings to these monks, their parents of seven lifetimes and five kinds of relatives will escape the three wretched destinies, immediately obtain deliverance, and receive clothing and food naturally.' The Buddha instructed the assembly of monks that they must all practice dhyāna concentration for the sake of the donor's parents of seven lifetimes, and only then eat the offerings (from the \*Ullambana-sūtra\*). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.14.32) - [Next: 14.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.14.34) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.14) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.14.33) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.14.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.14.33) · Pramāṇa