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AN 5.254PTS AN 3.272Pañcamacchariya1 min read

Five Kinds of Stinginess

Pañcamacchariyasutta

Material and spiritual stinginess.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.254Numbered Discourses 5.254
  • 0.226. Upasampadāvagga26. Ordination

0.3PañcamacchariyasuttaFive Kinds of Stinginess

1.1PTS 3.272“Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, macchariyāni.“Mendicants, there are these five kinds of stinginess.1.2Katamāni pañca?What five?1.3Āvāsamacchariyaṁ, kulamacchariyaṁ, lābhamacchariyaṁ, vaṇṇamacchariyaṁ, dhammamacchariyaṁ—Stinginess with dwellings, families, material things, praise, and the teachings.1.4imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañca macchariyāni.These are the five kinds of stinginess.1.5Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ macchariyānaṁ etaṁ paṭikuṭṭhaṁ, yadidaṁ dhammamacchariyan”ti.The most contemptible of these five kinds of stinginess is stinginess with the teaching.”

1.6Catutthaṁ.