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Stinginess (1st)

Paṭhamamacchariyasutta

Reasons a resident mendicant is cast down to hell or raised to heaven.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.239Numbered Discourses 5.239
  • 0.224. Āvāsikavagga24. A Resident Mendicant

0.3PaṭhamamacchariyasuttaStinginess (1st)

1.1“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato āvāsiko bhikkhu yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.“Mendicants, a resident mendicant with five qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.1.2Katamehi pañcahi?What five?1.3Āvāsamaccharī hoti;They’re stingy regarding monasteries,1.4kulamaccharī hoti;families,1.5lābhamaccharī hoti;material things,1.6vaṇṇamaccharī hoti;and praise.1.7saddhādeyyaṁ vinipāteti.And they waste a gift given in faith.1.8Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato āvāsiko bhikkhu yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.A resident mendicant with these five qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.

2.1Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato āvāsiko bhikkhu yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge.A resident mendicant with five qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.2.2Katamehi pañcahi?What five?2.3Na āvāsamaccharī hoti;They’re not stingy regarding monasteries,2.4na kulamaccharī hoti;families,2.5na lābhamaccharī hoti;material things,2.6na vaṇṇamaccharī hoti;and praise.2.7saddhādeyyaṁ na vinipāteti.And they don’t waste a gift given in faith.2.8Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato āvāsiko bhikkhu yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge”ti.A resident mendicant with these five qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.”

2.9Navamaṁ.