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The Discourse on the Sacrificer
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On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Rājagaha on the Vulture's Peak mountain.
Then Sakka, the lord of the gods, approached the Blessed One;
having approached, he paid respect to the Blessed One and stood to one side.
Standing to one side, Sakka, the lord of the gods, addressed the Blessed One in verse -
"For human beings who sacrifice, for beings hoping for merit,
Making merit leading to acquisition, where is what is given of great fruit?"
"Four practising and four established in the fruit;
This is the Community, upright, concentrated in wisdom and morality.
"For human beings who sacrifice, for beings hoping for merit,
Making merit leading to acquisition, what is given to the Community is of great fruit."