26. Upasampadāvagga

26. Ordination

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Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.255

Numbered Discourses 5.255

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26. Upasampadāvagga

26. Ordination

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Macchariyappahānasutta

Giving Up Stinginess

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“Pañcannaṁ, bhikkhave, macchariyānaṁ pahānāya samucchedāya brahmacariyaṁ vussati.

“Mendicants, the spiritual life is lived to give up and cut out these five kinds of stinginess.

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Katamesaṁ pañcannaṁ?

What five?

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Āvāsamacchariyassa pahānāya samucchedāya brahmacariyaṁ vussati;

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

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kulamacchariyassa … lābhamacchariyassa … vaṇṇamacchariyassa … dhammamacchariyassa pahānāya samucchedāya brahmacariyaṁ vussati.

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Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ macchariyānaṁ pahānāya samucchedāya brahmacariyaṁ vussatī”ti.

The spiritual life is lived to give up and cut out these five kinds of stinginess.”

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Pañcamaṁ.