{"id":"an4.39","title":"With Ujjaya","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an4.39","title":"With Ujjaya","units":[{"id":"an4.39:0","sourceIds":["an4.39:0.1","an4.39:0.2","an4.39:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.39\n4. Cakkavagga\nUjjayasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 4.39\n4. Situations\nWith Ujjaya"}},{"id":"an4.39:1","sourceIds":["an4.39:1.1","an4.39:1.2","an4.39:1.3","an4.39:1.4","an4.39:1.5","an4.39:1.6","an4.39:1.7","an4.39:1.8","an4.39:1.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho ujjayo brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṁ sammodi.\nSammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho ujjayo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“bhavampi no gotamo yaññaṁ vaṇṇetī”ti?\n“Na kho ahaṁ, brāhmaṇa, sabbaṁ yaññaṁ vaṇṇemi;\nna panāhaṁ, brāhmaṇa, sabbaṁ yaññaṁ na vaṇṇemi.\nYathārūpe kho, brāhmaṇa, yaññe gāvo haññanti, ajeḷakā haññanti, kukkuṭasūkarā haññanti, vividhā pāṇā saṅghātaṁ āpajjanti;\nevarūpaṁ kho ahaṁ, brāhmaṇa, sārambhaṁ yaññaṁ na vaṇṇemi.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nEvarūpañhi, brāhmaṇa, sārambhaṁ yaññaṁ na upasaṅkamanti arahanto vā arahattamaggaṁ vā samāpannā.","en":"Then Ujjaya the brahmin went up to the Buddha, and exchanged greetings with him.\nWhen the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to the Buddha:\n“Does the worthy Gotama praise sacrifice?”\n“Brahmin, I don’t praise all sacrifices.\nNor do I criticize all sacrifices.\nTake the kind of sacrifice where cattle, goats and sheep, chickens and pigs, and various kinds of creatures are slaughtered.\nI don’t praise that kind of violent sacrifice.\nWhy is that?\nBecause neither perfected ones nor those who are on the path to perfection will attend such a violent sacrifice."}},{"id":"an4.39:2","sourceIds":["an4.39:2.1","an4.39:2.2","an4.39:2.3","an4.39:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yathārūpe ca kho, brāhmaṇa, yaññe neva gāvo haññanti, na ajeḷakā haññanti, na kukkuṭasūkarā haññanti, na vividhā pāṇā saṅghātaṁ āpajjanti;\nevarūpaṁ kho ahaṁ, brāhmaṇa, nirārambhaṁ yaññaṁ vaṇṇemi, yadidaṁ niccadānaṁ anukulayaññaṁ.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nEvarūpañhi, brāhmaṇa, nirārambhaṁ yaññaṁ upasaṅkamanti arahanto vā arahattamaggaṁ vā samāpannāti.","en":"But take the kind of sacrifice where cattle, goats and sheep, chickens and pigs, and various kinds of creatures are not slaughtered.\nI do praise that kind of non-violent sacrifice; for example, a regular gift as a propitious sacrifice.\nWhy is that?\nBecause perfected ones and those who are on the path to perfection will attend such a non-violent sacrifice."}},{"id":"an4.39:3","sourceIds":["an4.39:3.1","an4.39:3.2","an4.39:3.3","an4.39:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Assamedhaṁ purisamedhaṁ,\nSammāpāsaṁ vājapeyyaṁ niraggaḷaṁ;\nMahāyaññā mahārambhā,\nNa te honti mahapphalā.","en":"Horse sacrifice, human sacrifice,\nthe sacrifices of the ‘casting of the yoke-pin’,\nthe ‘royal soma drinking’, and the ‘unbarred’—\nthese grand, violent sacrifices yield no great fruit."}},{"id":"an4.39:4","sourceIds":["an4.39:4.1","an4.39:4.2","an4.39:4.3","an4.39:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ajeḷakā ca gāvo ca,\nvividhā yattha haññare;\nNa taṁ sammaggatā yaññaṁ,\nupayanti mahesino.","en":"The great sages of right comportment\ndon’t attend sacrifices\nwhere goats, sheep, and cattle,\nand various creatures are killed."}},{"id":"an4.39:5","sourceIds":["an4.39:5.1","an4.39:5.2","an4.39:5.3","an4.39:5.4","an4.39:5.5","an4.39:5.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye ca yaññā nirārambhā,\nyajanti anukulaṁ sadā;\nAjeḷakā ca gāvo ca,\nvividhā nettha haññare;\nTañca sammaggatā yaññaṁ,\nupayanti mahesino.","en":"But the great sages of right comportment\ndo attend those sacrifices\nthat are non-violent and propitious,\nwhere goats, sheep, and cattle,\nand various creatures are not killed."}},{"id":"an4.39:6","sourceIds":["an4.39:6.1","an4.39:6.2","an4.39:6.3","an4.39:6.4","an4.39:6.5","an4.39:6.6","an4.39:6.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Etaṁ yajetha medhāvī,\neso yañño mahapphalo;\nEtaṁ hi yajamānassa,\nseyyo hoti na pāpiyo;\nYañño ca vipulo hoti,\npasīdanti ca devatā”ti.\nNavamaṁ.","en":"An intelligent person should sacrifice like this,\nfor this sacrifice is very fruitful.\nFor a sponsor of sacrifices like this,\nthings get better, not worse.\nSuch a sacrifice is truly abundant,\nand even the deities are pleased.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.39/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}