又曰女人血盆經，具名目連正教血盆經。唐建陽書林范氏板本之大乘法寶諸品經咒卷末及諸經日誦，均載此經。惟大藏經錄不載。蓋是偽造。然今流通頗廣也。
The sutra describing the blood bath for women in Hades; it is a Chinese invention and is called by Eitel "the placenta tank, which consists of an immense pool of blood, and from this hell, it is said, no release is possible"; but there are ceremonies for release from it.
一血盆經 全一卷。全稱大藏正教血盆經。收於卍續藏第八十七冊。本經敘述目連尊者至羽州追陽縣時，見許多女子在血盆池地獄中受苦。目連問獄卒原委，獄卒即道彼等受苦係由於女子月經、生產時所流污血污穢了地神；加之用水洗其不潔之衣，人們不知情，復用此水供養諸聖。女子有上述罪業，故死後墮血盆池地獄受苦。目連復問如何為彼等解脫此苦，獄卒答以孝順、敬重三寶，及持血盆齋三年，後再行血盆法會，請僧誦血盆經，血盆池地獄中之罪人即可超生佛地。 本經未見記載於諸經錄中，而被疑為偽經。然因具有上述之功德，故日本禪宗亦持誦之，尤以曹洞宗，於授戒會時，常將本經授予婦人。p3199