[232] "But, Master Gotama, is there any other sacrifice that is less demanding and involves less preparation, yet is of greater fruit and greater benefit, than this threefold accomplishment of sacrifice with its sixteen accessories and than this regular giving (niccadāna) as a customary sacrifice (anukūlayañña)?"
"There is, brahmin, another sacrifice that, compared with this threefold accomplishment of sacrifice …"
"But what, Master Gotama, is that other sacrifice which, compared with this threefold accomplishment of sacrifice …?"
"Brahmin, when someone builds a dwelling (vihāra) dedicated to the Saṅgha of the four quarters — this, brahmin, is a sacrifice that is less demanding and involves less preparation, yet is of greater fruit and greater benefit, than this threefold accomplishment of sacrifice with its sixteen accessories and than this regular giving as a customary sacrifice."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.