• Numbered Discourses 5.240 Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 5.240
  • 24. A Resident Mendicant 24. Āvāsikavagga

Stinginess (2nd) Dutiyamacchariyasutta

ā€œMendicants, a resident mendicant with five qualities is cast down to hell. ā€œPaƱcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato āvāsiko bhikkhu yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye. What five? Katamehi paƱcahi? They’re stingy regarding monasteries, ĀvāsamaccharÄ« hoti; families, kulamaccharÄ« hoti; material things, lābhamaccharÄ« hoti; praise, vaṇṇamaccharÄ« hoti; and the teachings. dhammamaccharÄ« hoti. A resident mendicant with these five qualities is cast down to hell. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, paƱcahi dhammehi samannāgato āvāsiko bhikkhu yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.

A resident mendicant with five qualities is raised up to heaven. PaƱcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato āvāsiko bhikkhu yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge. What five? Katamehi paƱcahi? They’re not stingy regarding monasteries, Na āvāsamaccharÄ« hoti; families, na kulamaccharÄ« hoti; material things, na lābhamaccharÄ« hoti; praise, na vaṇṇamaccharÄ« hoti; and the teachings. na dhammamaccharÄ« hoti. A resident mendicant with these five qualities is raised up to heaven.ā€ Imehi kho, bhikkhave, paƱcahi dhammehi samannāgato āvāsiko bhikkhu yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ saggeā€ti.

Dasamaṁ.

Āvāsikavaggo catuttho.

Tassuddānaṁ

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