26. Upasampadāvagga

26. Ordination

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Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.254

Numbered Discourses 5.254

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26. Upasampadāvagga

26. Ordination

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Pañcamacchariyasutta

Five Kinds of Stinginess

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“Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, macchariyāni.

“Mendicants, there are these five kinds of stinginess.

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Katamāni pañca?

What five?

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Āvāsamacchariyaṁ, kulamacchariyaṁ, lābhamacchariyaṁ, vaṇṇamacchariyaṁ, dhammamacchariyaṁ—

Stinginess with dwellings, families, material things, praise, and the teachings.

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imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañca macchariyāni.

These are the five kinds of stinginess.

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Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ macchariyānaṁ etaṁ paṭikuṭṭhaṁ, yadidaṁ dhammamacchariyan”ti.

The most contemptible of these five kinds of stinginess is stinginess with the teaching.”

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Catutthaṁ.