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Numbered Discourses 5.115 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.115

12. At Andhakavinda – 12. Andhakavindavagga

AN 5.115 Stingy – Maccharinīsutta

 

1.1

“Bhikkhū, a nun with five qualities is cast down to hell.

“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgatā bhikkhunī yathābhataṁ nikkhittā evaṁ niraye.

1.2

What five?

Katamehi pañcahi?

1.3

She is stingy with dwellings, families, material possessions, praise, and the teaching.

Āvāsamaccharinī hoti, kulamaccharinī hoti, lābhamaccharinī hoti, vaṇṇamaccharinī hoti, dhammamaccharinī hoti.

1.4

A nun with these five qualities is cast down to hell.

Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgatā bhikkhunī yathābhataṁ nikkhittā evaṁ niraye.

2.1

A nun with five qualities is raised up to heaven.

Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgatā bhikkhunī yathābhataṁ nikkhittā evaṁ sagge.

2.2

What five?

Katamehi pañcahi?

2.3

She is not stingy with dwellings, families, material possessions, praise, or the teaching.

Na āvāsamaccharinī hoti, na kulamaccharinī hoti, na lābhamaccharinī hoti, na vaṇṇamaccharinī hoti, na dhammamaccharinī hoti.

2.4

A nun with these five qualities is raised up to heaven.”

Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgatā bhikkhunī yathābhataṁ nikkhittā evaṁ sagge”ti.

2.5

 

Pañcamaṁ.