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Numbered Discourses 5.224 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.224

23. Long Wandering – 23. Dīghacārikavagga

AN 5.224 Stingy – Maccharīsutta

 

1.1

“Bhikkhū, there are these five drawbacks of overstaying.

“Pañcime, bhikkhave, ādīnavā atinivāse.

1.2

What five?

Katame pañca?

1.3

You become stingy with dwellings, families, material possessions, praise, and the teaching.

Āvāsamaccharī hoti, kulamaccharī hoti, lābhamaccharī hoti, vaṇṇamaccharī hoti, dhammamaccharī hoti.

1.4

These are the five drawbacks of overstaying.

Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca ādīnavā atinivāse.

2.1

There are these five benefits of staying for a reasonable length of time.

Pañcime, bhikkhave, ānisaṁsā samavatthavāse.

2.2

What five?

Katame pañca?

2.3

You’re not stingy with dwellings, families, material possessions, praise, and the teaching.

Na āvāsamaccharī hoti, na kulamaccharī hoti, na lābhamaccharī hoti, na vaṇṇamaccharī hoti, na dhammamaccharī hoti.

2.4

These are the five benefits of staying for a reasonable length of time.”

Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca ānisaṁsā samavatthavāse”ti.

2.5

 

Catutthaṁ.