- Numbered Discourses 5.255 Aį¹ guttara NikÄya 5.255
- 26. Ordination 26. UpasampadÄvagga
Giving Up Stinginess MacchariyappahÄnasutta
āMendicants, the spiritual life is lived to give up and cut out these five kinds of stinginess. āPaƱcannaį¹, bhikkhave, macchariyÄnaį¹ pahÄnÄya samucchedÄya brahmacariyaį¹ vussati. What five? Katamesaį¹ paƱcannaį¹? Stinginess with dwellings, families, material things, praise, and the teachings. ÄvÄsamacchariyassa pahÄnÄya samucchedÄya brahmacariyaį¹ vussati; kulamacchariyassa ⦠lÄbhamacchariyassa ⦠vaį¹į¹amacchariyassa ⦠dhammamacchariyassa pahÄnÄya samucchedÄya brahmacariyaį¹ vussati. The spiritual life is lived to give up and cut out these five kinds of stinginess.ā Imesaį¹ kho, bhikkhave, paƱcannaį¹ macchariyÄnaį¹ pahÄnÄya samucchedÄya brahmacariyaį¹ vussatÄ«āti.
PaƱcamaį¹.