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Pāḷi MS. Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato

  • Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.254  Numbered Discourses 5.254
  • 26. Upasampadāvagga  26. Ordination

Pañcamacchariyasutta  Five Kinds of Stinginess

“Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, macchariyāni.  “Mendicants, there are these five kinds of stinginess.
Katamāni pañca?  What five?
Āvāsamacchariyaṁ, kulamacchariyaṁ, lābhamacchariyaṁ, vaṇṇamacchariyaṁ, dhammamacchariyaṁ—  Stinginess with dwellings, families, material things, praise, and the teachings.
imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañca macchariyāni.  These are the five kinds of stinginess.
Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ macchariyānaṁ etaṁ paṭikuṭṭhaṁ, yadidaṁ dhammamacchariyan”ti. 
paṭikuṭṭhaṁ → patikiṭṭhaṁ (bj, pts1ed); patikkiṭṭhaṁ (sya-all, km); paṭikiṭṭhaṁ (mr)
The most contemptible of these five kinds of stinginess is stinginess with the teachings.”

Catutthaṁ. 

Pāḷi MS. Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato

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