Dear Tzungkuen,

thanks for sharing. You are correct on the buddhist stand on animal
sacrifices - it reap no benefits, it's meaningless, and there is
negative kamma for such a mass killing.

I'm not sure about the sacrifice without killing. It may mean
cultivating good by giving up (sacrificing) evil.

Metta
Yong Peng

--- tzungkuen wrote:

> This sutta is in the Kosalasam.yuttam. in Sam.yuttam. Nikaaya.
> And what I understood is as follows:
>
> King Pasenani orders his servants and laborers to kill 5oo

bulls, 500

> calfs ,500 rams and 500 lambs in preparation for a big sacrifice.

And the

> servants and laborers, threatened by punishment, make preparation

with tears

> on their faces. Buddha knowing about this event says that this kind

of

> sacrifice where many animals are killed is very laborious and bears

no

> fruit, and that it is better for the wise to make a sacrifice where

no

> animals are killed.
>
> However, this sutta doesn't make clear why the wise makes a

sacrifice,

> though the sacrifice he makes is better than those where animals

are killed.

>
> If I am not correct about its meaning, please give me any advice.

Thank you!