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AN 9.69PTS AN 4.459Macchariya1 min read

Stinginess

Macchariyasutta

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 9.69Numbered Discourses 9.69
  • 0.27. Satipaṭṭhānavagga7. Mindfulness Meditation

0.3MacchariyasuttaStinginess

1.1“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 teaching.1.4imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañca macchariyāni.These are the five kinds of stinginess.

2.1Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ macchariyānaṁ pahānāya …pe… ime cattāro satipaṭṭhānā bhāvetabbā”ti.To give up these five kinds of stinginess you should develop the four kinds of mindfulness meditation. …”

2.2Sattamaṁ.