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AN 5.255PTS AN 3.272Macchariyappahāna1 min read

Giving Up Stinginess

Macchariyappahānasutta

Getting rid of the five kinds of stinginess.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.255Numbered Discourses 5.255
  • 0.226. Upasampadāvagga26. Ordination

0.3MacchariyappahānasuttaGiving Up Stinginess

1.1“Pañcannaṁ, bhikkhave, macchariyānaṁ pahānāya samucchedāya brahmacariyaṁ vussati.“Mendicants, the spiritual life is lived to give up and cut out these five kinds of stinginess.1.2Katamesaṁ pañcannaṁ?What five?1.3Āvāsamacchariyassa pahānāya samucchedāya brahmacariyaṁ vussati;Stinginess with dwellings, families, material things, praise, and the teachings.1.4kulamacchariyassa … lābhamacchariyassa … vaṇṇamacchariyassa … dhammamacchariyassa pahānāya samucchedāya brahmacariyaṁ vussati.1.5Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ macchariyānaṁ pahānāya samucchedāya brahmacariyaṁ vussatī”ti.The spiritual life is lived to give up and cut out these five kinds of stinginess.”

1.6Pañcamaṁ.