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