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Numbered Discourses 5.255 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.255

26. Ordination – 26. Upasampadāvagga

AN 5.255 Giving Up Stinginess – Macchariyappahānasutta

 

1.1

“Bhikkhū, the spiritual life is lived to give up and cut out these five kinds of stinginess.

“Pañcannaṁ, bhikkhave, macchariyānaṁ pahānāya samucchedāya brahmacariyaṁ vussati.

1.2

What five?

Katamesaṁ pañcannaṁ?

1.3

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

Āvāsamacchariyassa pahānāya samucchedāya brahmacariyaṁ vussati;

1.4

 

kulamacchariyassa … lābhamacchariyassa … vaṇṇamacchariyassa … dhammamacchariyassa pahānāya samucchedāya brahmacariyaṁ vussati.

1.5

The spiritual life is lived to give up and cut out these five kinds of stinginess.”

Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ macchariyānaṁ pahānāya samucchedāya brahmacariyaṁ vussatī”ti.

1.6

 

Pañcamaṁ.