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.

Well-prepared and non-violent, a sacrifice that’s allowable and timely, is attended by disciplined spiritual practitioners.

The Buddhas—<j>who have cast off the world’s veil, passing beyond time and rebirth—praise this sacrifice, as they are expert in sacrifice.

When you’ve prepared a suitable offering, whether as sacrifice or for ancestors, sacrifice it with confident heart, in the fertile field of spiritual practitioners.

When it’s well-gotten, well-offered, <j>and well-sacrificed, to those worthy of a religious donation, a sacrifice is truly abundant, and even the deities are pleased.

When an intelligent, faithful person, sacrifices like this, with a mind of letting go, that astute one is reborn in a happy, pleasing world.”

Numbered Discourses 4.41 5. With Rohitassa Ways of Developing Immersion Further