[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) › [盂蘭盆經讚述](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2781) › 1.1 # 盂蘭盆經讚述 1.1 盂蘭盆經讚述 1.1 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2781.1.1) 自他之□□□□□□□□□□□□□暢八辨而動□□□□□聲而流□□□□□□□□□□□□言經從教主為名故稱佛說盂□□□□□□□□□□□異流上出纔連皮骨命似倒懸既□□□發起□□稱曰盂蘭盆者。即成食之器。甘□百味□□□方此無加香積名飡悉爼。在於盆內。奉佛施僧。以救倒懸之苦。故曰盆也。經者能詮之教。梵語云修多羅。新翻云素呾攬。此云為經。亦名為綖。經有五義。略據二途。一曰涌泉。即住而無竭。二稱繩墨。即契定正邪。詮定無改故名為經。依佛地論。能貫能攝故名為經。以佛聖教貫穿攝持所應說義所化生故。應知此中宣說蘭盆拔苦孝行饒益有情。依所詮義故名為經。如緣起經集寶論等故名為經。 > Self and other \[…\] fluent in the eight eloquences, shaking \[the world with their\] \[…\] voice, flowing \[…\] As for the word "sūtra": because it takes its name from the master of the teaching, it is called "Spoken by the Buddha: Ullam\[bana Sūtra\]" \[…\] blood flowed upwards, leaving only skin and bones clinging together, life hanging as if suspended upside down. Having \[…\] initiated \[…\] As for calling it \*ullambana\* (\*yulanpen\*): it is a vessel that holds food. Sweet \[…\] of a hundred flavors \[…\] nothing can surpass this; famed meals from the Fragrant Accumulation are all set forth upon the table. Placed inside the vessel, it is offered to the Buddha and given to the Saṅgha, so as to rescue \[beings from\] the suffering of hanging upside down. Hence it is called \*pen\* (vessel). "Sūtra" (\*jing\*) is the teaching that can express \[the meaning\]. In Sanskrit it is called \*sūtra\*, newly translated as \*sūtra\* (\*sutanlan\*); here it is called \*jing\*, and also called \*xian\* (thread). A sūtra has five meanings, which briefly rely on two approaches: first, it is called a gushing spring, which abides without exhausting; second, it is called a chalk-line, which accords with and determines the correct and the deviant. Because it determines the exposition without alteration, it is called a sūtra. Relying on the \*Buddhabbūmi-upadeśa\*, because it can string together and can subsume, it is called a sūtra; for the Buddha's holy teaching strings together and subsumes the meanings that should be spoken and the living beings who are to be transformed. One should know that here, expounding the ullambana vessel pulls out suffering, \[demonstrates\] filial conduct, and benefits sentient beings; relying on the expressed meaning, it is therefore called a sūtra. Just as with the \*Pratītyasamutpāda Sūtra\*, the \*Ratnasaṃgraha-śāstra\*, and so forth, it is therefore called a sūtra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Next: 1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2781.1.2) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2781.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2781~en-mt.1.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [佛地經論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.buddhabhumisutra!buddhabhumisutrasastra*zh-xuanzang.1.5) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2781.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2781.1.1) · Pramāṇa