[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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.685) › 1.5 # 佛說盂蘭盆經 1.5 佛說盂蘭盆經 1.5 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.685.1.5) 佛告目連：「十方眾僧於七月十五日僧自恣時，當為七世父母及現在父母厄難中者，具飯、百味五果、汲灌盆器、香油錠爥、床敷臥具，盡世甘美以著盆中，供養十方大德眾僧。當此之日，一切聖眾或在山間禪定、或得四道果、或樹下經行；或六通自在、教化聲聞、緣覺；或十地菩薩大人權現比丘，在大眾中；皆同一心，受鉢和羅飯。具清淨戒聖眾之道，其德汪洋，其有供養此等自恣僧者，現在父母、七世父母、六種親屬得出三途之苦，應時解脫，衣食自然。若復有人父母現在者，福樂百年；若已亡七世父母，生天，自在化生，入天華光，受無量快樂。」時佛勅十方眾僧，皆先為施主家呪願七世父母，行禪定意，然後受食。初受盆時，先安在佛塔前，眾僧呪願竟，便自受食。 > The Buddha told Maudgalyāyana: "On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, at the time of the Saṅgha's pravāraṇā, the Saṅgha of the ten directions should, on behalf of parents of seven past lives and present parents who are in distress and hardship, prepare rice, delicacies of a hundred flavours, the five kinds of fruits, vessels for drawing and pouring water, incense, lamp oil, candles, beds, and bedding. Place all the sweet delicacies of the world into vessels and offer them to the venerable Saṅgha of the ten directions. On this day, all the assembly of noble ones—whether meditating in mountain valleys, having attained the four fruits of the Way, walking beneath trees, freely possessing the six supernormal knowledges and instructing śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas, or great bodhisattvas of the ten stages provisionally manifesting as monks in the great assembly—all unite in single-mindedness to receive the food in the pātra bowls. Endowed with the pure precepts and the path of the assembly of noble ones, their virtue is vast as the sea. Whoever makes offerings to such monks of the pravāraṇā will see their present parents, parents of seven past lives, and the six kinds of kin escape the suffering of the three lower realms, attaining immediate liberation, with clothing and food naturally supplied. If someone still has living parents, their parents will enjoy blessings and joy for a hundred years; if their parents of seven past lives have already passed away, they will be born in heaven, taking birth spontaneously with sovereign ease, entering the heavenly light of flowers, and receiving boundless bliss." At that time, the Buddha commanded the monks of the ten directions to first chant aspirational prayers on behalf of the donor's family for their parents of seven past lives, dwelling in meditative concentration, and only then accept the food. When first receiving the vessels, they should place them before the Buddha's stūpa; after the Saṅgha has finished the aspirational prayers, they may partake of the food themselves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.685.1.4) - [Next: 1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.685.1.6) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.685.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.685~en-mt.1.5) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [佛說盂蘭盆經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1792.2.63) — Classical Chinese - [盂蘭盆經讚述](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2781.1.25) — Classical Chinese - [佛說報恩奉盆經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.686.1.5) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.685.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.685.1.5) · Pramāṇa