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SN 37.8PTS SN 4.2411 min read

Stingy

Maccharīsutta

A woman with five bad qualities has a bad rebirth.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 37.8Linked Discourses 37.8
  • 0.21. Paṭhamapeyyālavagga1. Abbreviated Texts

0.3MaccharīsuttaStingy

1.1“Pañcahi, anuruddha, dhammehi samannāgato mātugāmo kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapajjati.1.2Katamehi pañcahi?1.3Assaddho ca hoti, ahiriko ca hoti, anottappī ca hoti, maccharī ca hoti, duppañño ca hoti—“… They’re faithless, shameless, imprudent, stingy, and witless. …”1.4imehi kho, anuruddha, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato mātugāmo …pe…1.5apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapajjatī”ti.

1.6Aṭṭhamaṁ.