9.
The Discourse on Ujjaya
39.
Then the brahmin Ujjaya approached the Blessed One;
having approached, he exchanged friendly greetings with the Blessed One.
Having concluded the pleasant and memorable talk, he sat down to one side.
Seated to one side, the brahmin Ujjaya 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."
Great sacrifices, great undertakings, they are not rich in result.
Those who have gone the right way, the great sages, do not approach that sacrifice.
Goats and sheep and cattle, various kinds, are not killed therein;
That sacrifice those who have gone the right way, the great sages, approach.
For indeed, for one sacrificing this, it is better, not worse;
And the sacrifice is vast, and the deities are pleased." The ninth.