佛說報恩奉盆經 1.3

1.3

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.