10.
The Discourse about Udāyī
40.
Then the brahmin Udāyī approached the Blessed One;
having approached, with the Blessed One... etc.
Seated to one side, the brahmin Udāyī said this to the Blessed One -
"Does Master Gotama also praise sacrifice?"
"I do not, brahmin, praise every sacrifice;
nor do I, brahmin, not praise every sacrifice.
In whatever sacrifice, brahmin, cattle are killed, goats and sheep are killed, chickens and pigs are killed, various living beings come to slaughter;
such a sacrifice involving destruction, brahmin, I do not praise.
What is the reason for this?
For, brahmin, Worthy Ones or those who have attained the path of arahantship do not approach such a sacrifice involving destruction.
"But in whatever sacrifice, brahmin, cattle are not killed, goats and sheep are not killed, chickens and pigs are not killed, various living beings do not come to slaughter; such a sacrifice without killing, brahmin, I praise, that is to say, the perpetual gift, the family sacrifice. What is the reason for this? For, brahmin, Worthy Ones or those who have attained the path of arahantship approach such a sacrifice without killing."
Such do the restrained practitioners of the holy life approach.
This sacrifice they praise, the Buddhas skilled in sacrifice.
With a gladdened mind one sacrifices, among the practitioners of the holy life, a good field.
And the sacrifice is vast, and the deities are pleased.
The wise one is reborn in a world of happiness, free from affliction." The tenth.