- Numbered Discourses 5.254 Aį¹ guttara NikÄya 5.254
- 26. Ordination 26. UpasampadÄvagga
Five Kinds of Stinginess PaƱcamacchariyasutta
āMendicants, there are these five kinds of stinginess. āPaƱcimÄni, bhikkhave, macchariyÄni. What five? KatamÄni paƱca? Stinginess with dwellings, families, material things, praise, and the teachings. ÄvÄsamacchariyaį¹, kulamacchariyaį¹, lÄbhamacchariyaį¹, vaį¹į¹amacchariyaį¹, dhammamacchariyaį¹āThese are the five kinds of stinginess. imÄni kho, bhikkhave, paƱca macchariyÄni. The most contemptible of these five kinds of stinginess is stinginess with the teaching.ā Imesaį¹ kho, bhikkhave, paƱcannaį¹ macchariyÄnaį¹ etaį¹ paį¹ikuį¹į¹haį¹, yadidaį¹ dhammamacchariyanāti.
Catutthaį¹.