[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) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.685~en-mt) › 1.8 # 佛說盂蘭盆經 1.8 English (machine translation) 1.8 - **Language:** English ### [1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.685~en-mt.1.8) The Buddha said: "Splendid! An excellent question! I was just about to speak of it, and now you ask again. Good son! If there are monks, nuns, kings, crown princes, royal sons, ministers, chancellors, the three dukes, the hundred officials, and the myriad common people who practice filial piety and compassion, they should all, on behalf of their parents who gave birth to them in the present life and their parents of seven past lives, on the fifteenth day of the seventh month—the Buddha's Day of Joy and the Saṅgha's Day of Pravāraṇā—place food and drink of a hundred flavours into an ullambana basin and give it as an offering to the Saṅgha of the ten directions performing pravāraṇā. They should pray and wish that their present parents live for a hundred years free from illness and all troubles of suffering, and that parents of seven past lives leave behind the suffering of hungry ghosts and attain birth among heavenly beings and humans, enjoying boundless blessings and happiness." - [Previous: 1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.685~en-mt.1.7) - [Next: 1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.685~en-mt.1.9) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.685~en-mt.1) ## Linked texts (1) - [佛說盂蘭盆經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.685.1.8) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.685~en-mt.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.685~en-mt.1.8) · Pramāṇa