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Numbered Discourses 5.254 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.254

26. Ordination – 26. Upasampadāvagga

AN 5.254 Five Kinds of Stinginess – Pañcamacchariyasutta

 

1.1

“Bhikkhū, there are these five kinds of stinginess.

“Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, macchariyāni.

1.2

What five?

Katamāni pañca?

1.3

Stinginess with dwellings, families, material possessions, praise, and the teachings.

Āvāsamacchariyaṁ, kulamacchariyaṁ, lābhamacchariyaṁ, vaṇṇamacchariyaṁ, dhammamacchariyaṁ—

1.4

These are the five kinds of stinginess.

imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañca macchariyāni.

1.5

The most contemptible of these five kinds of stinginess is stinginess with the teachings.”

Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ macchariyānaṁ etaṁ paṭikuṭṭhaṁ, yadidaṁ dhammamacchariyan”ti.

1.6

 

Catutthaṁ.