AN 4.40 / AN ii 43

Udāyīsutta

With Udāyī

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Tipiṭaka / Bhikkhu Bodhi

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Numbered Discourses 4

4. Situations

40. With Udāyī

Then Udāyī the brahmin went up to the Buddha, … and said to him: “Does Master Gotama praise sacrifice?” “Brahmin, I don’t praise all sacrifices. Nor do I criticize all sacrifices. … Take the kind of sacrifice where cattle, goats and sheep, chickens and pigs, and various kinds of animals are slaughtered. I don’t praise that kind of violent sacrifice.

But take the kind of sacrifice where cattle, goats and sheep, chickens and pigs, and various kinds of animals are not slaughtered. I do praise that kind of non-violent sacrifice; for example, a regular gift as an ongoing family sacrifice.

A sacrifice at the right time,
which is allowable and deliberately non-violent,
is attended by
restrained spiritual practitioners.

The Buddhas—who have drawn back the veil from the world,
transcending time and rebirth—
praise this sacrifice,
as they are expert in sacrifice.

When you’ve prepared a suitable offering,
whether as sacrifice or for ancestors,
sacrifice it with confident heart,
in the fertile field of spiritual practitioners.

When it’s well-gotten, well-offered, and well-sacrificed,
to those worthy of a teacher’s offering,
a sacrifice is truly abundant,
and even the deities are pleased.

When an intelligent, faithful person,
sacrifices like this, with a mind of letting go,
that astute one is reborn
in a happy, pleasing world.”




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