佛說報恩奉盆經 1.3

1.3

一時，佛在舍衛國祇樹給孤獨園。大目揵連始得六通，欲度父母報乳哺之恩，即以道眼觀視世界，見其亡母生餓鬼中，不見飲食，皮骨相連柱。目連悲哀，即鉢盛飯，往餉其母。母得鉢飯，便以左手障飯、右手摶食，食未入口化成火炭，遂不得食。

At one time, the Buddha was staying in Śrāvastī, in the Jeta Grove, Anāthapiṇḍada's park. Mahāmaudgalyāyana had just attained the six supernormal knowledges. Desiring to deliver his parents in order to repay the kindness of nurturing and milk, he immediately surveyed the world with his eye of the Way. He saw that his deceased mother had been born among the hungry ghosts, without sight of food or drink, with skin and bones clinging together like pillars. Maudgalyāyana was filled with grief and sorrow; he immediately filled a bowl with cooked rice and went to present it to his mother. Having received the bowl of rice, his mother used her left hand to cover the rice and her right hand to take a handful of food. Before the food entered her mouth, it transformed into burning charcoal, and in the end she could not eat it.