盂蘭盆經讚述 1.9

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經曰見其亡母生餓鬼中不見飲食皮骨連立者　述曰。此第二得見。目連率已通力竪朗三界。橫照十方。追訪既周。顯然得見。既魂此道受苦難論。不見飲食等者。明見正報。飲食資養其身。即膚包充潔。既絕內資養。唯有皮骨違形。

[The sūtra says:] "He saw that his deceased mother was born among the hungry ghosts, seeing neither drink nor food, with her skin and bones clinging together." / The commentary says: This is the second, catching sight. Maudgalyāyana exerted his supernormal power, vertically illuminating the three realms and horizontally shining upon the ten directions; after his search was complete, he distinctly saw her. Since her soul was in this destiny, the suffering she underwent was beyond words. "Seeing neither drink nor food," and so forth, explains his seeing the direct retribution. Food and drink nourish the physical body, making the skin full and clean; since internal sustenance was completely cut off, there were only skin and bones clinging to her form.