• Numbered Discourses 5.255 Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 5.255
  • 26. Ordination 26. Upasampadāvagga

Giving Up Stinginess Macchariyappahānasutta

ā€œMendicants, the spiritual life is lived to give up and cut out these five kinds of stinginess. ā€œPaƱcannaṁ, bhikkhave, macchariyānaṁ pahānāya samucchedāya brahmacariyaṁ vussati. What five? Katamesaṁ paƱcannaṁ? Stinginess with dwellings, families, material things, praise, and the teachings. Āvāsamacchariyassa pahānāya samucchedāya brahmacariyaṁ vussati; kulamacchariyassa … lābhamacchariyassa … vaṇṇamacchariyassa … dhammamacchariyassa pahānāya samucchedāya brahmacariyaṁ vussati. The spiritual life is lived to give up and cut out these five kinds of stinginess.ā€ Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, paƱcannaṁ macchariyānaṁ pahānāya samucchedāya brahmacariyaṁ vussatÄ«ā€ti.

Pañcamaṁ.