dn5:27.1 “But is there any other sacrifice that has fewer obligations and undertakings, yet is more fruitful and beneficial?”
dn5:27.2 “There is, brahmin.
dn5:27.4 It’s when a Realized One arises in the world, perfected, a fully awakened Buddha …
dn5:27.5 That’s how a mendicant is accomplished in ethics. …
dn5:27.6 They enter and remain in the first absorption …
dn5:27.7 This sacrifice has fewer obligations and undertakings than the former, yet is more fruitful and beneficial. …
dn5:27.8 They enter and remain in the second absorption …
dn5:27.9 third absorption …
dn5:27.10 fourth absorption.
dn5:27.11 This sacrifice has fewer obligations and undertakings than the former, yet is more fruitful and beneficial. …
dn5:27.12 They project and extend the mind toward knowledge and vision …
dn5:27.13 This sacrifice has fewer obligations and undertakings than the former, yet is more fruitful and beneficial.
dn5:27.14 They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’
dn5:27.15 This sacrifice has fewer obligations and undertakings than the former, yet is more fruitful and beneficial.
dn5:27.16 And, brahmin, there is no other accomplishment of sacrifice which is better and finer than this.”


