增支部第 4 集（Sujato 英译）第 39 阅读页 · AN4.39 · With Ujjaya

Numbered Discourses 4.39Numbered Discourses 4.394. Situations4. Situations

With UjjayaWith UjjayaThen Ujjaya the brahmin went up to the Buddha, and exchanged greetings with him.Then Ujjaya the brahmin went up to the Buddha, and exchanged greetings with him.When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to the Buddha:When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to the Buddha:

“Does the worthy Gotama praise sacrifice?”“Does the worthy Gotama praise sacrifice?”“Brahmin, I don’t praise all sacrifices.“Brahmin, I don’t praise all sacrifices.Nor do I criticize 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 creatures are slaughtered.Take the kind of sacrifice where cattle, goats and sheep, chickens and pigs, and various kinds of creatures are slaughtered.I don’t praise that kind of violent sacrifice.I don’t praise that kind of violent sacrifice.Why is that?Why is that?

Because neither perfected ones nor those who are on the path to perfection will attend such a violent sacrifice.Because neither perfected ones nor those who are on the path to perfection will attend such a violent sacrifice.But take the kind of sacrifice where cattle, goats and sheep, chickens and pigs, and various kinds of creatures are not slaughtered.But take the kind of sacrifice where cattle, goats and sheep, chickens and pigs, and various kinds of creatures are not slaughtered.I do praise that kind of non-violent sacrifice; for example, a regular gift as a propitious sacrifice.I do praise that kind of non-violent sacrifice; for example, a regular gift as a propitious sacrifice.

Why is that?Why is that?Because perfected ones and those who are on the path to perfection will attend such a non-violent sacrifice.Because perfected ones and those who are on the path to perfection will attend such a non-violent sacrifice.Horse sacrifice, human sacrifice,Horse sacrifice, human sacrifice,

the sacrifices of the ‘casting of the yoke-pin’,the sacrifices of the ‘casting of the yoke-pin’,the ‘royal soma drinking’, and the ‘unbarred’—the ‘royal soma drinking’, and the ‘unbarred’—these grand, violent sacrifices yield no great fruit.these grand, violent sacrifices yield no great fruit.

The great sages of right comportmentThe great sages of right comportmentdon’t attend sacrificesdon’t attend sacrificeswhere goats, sheep, and cattle,where goats, sheep, and cattle,

and various creatures are killed.and various creatures are killed.But the great sages of right comportmentBut the great sages of right comportmentdo attend those sacrificesdo attend those sacrifices

that are non-violent and propitious,that are non-violent and propitious,where goats, sheep, and cattle,where goats, sheep, and cattle,and various creatures are not killed.and various creatures are not killed.

An intelligent person should sacrifice like this,An intelligent person should sacrifice like this,for this sacrifice is very fruitful.for this sacrifice is very fruitful.For a sponsor of sacrifices like this,For a sponsor of sacrifices like this,

things get better, not worse.things get better, not worse.Such a sacrifice is truly abundant,Such a sacrifice is truly abundant,and even the deities are pleased.”and even the deities are pleased.”