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Numbered Discourses 9.69 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 9.69

7. Mindfulness Meditation – 7. Satipaṭṭhānavagga

AN 9.69 Stinginess – Macchariyasutta

 

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 teaching.

Āvāsamacchariyaṁ, kulamacchariyaṁ, lābhamacchariyaṁ, vaṇṇamacchariyaṁ, dhammamacchariyaṁ—

1.4

These are the five kinds of stinginess.

imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañca macchariyāni.

2.1

To give up these five kinds of stinginess you should develop the four kinds of mindfulness meditation. …”

Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ macchariyānaṁ pahānāya …pe… ime cattāro satipaṭṭhānā bhāvetabbā”ti.

2.2

 

Sattamaṁ.