Stinginess (1st)

Paṭhamamacchariyasutta

Stinginess (1st)

Paṭhamamacchariyasutta

EN
“Mendicants, a resident mendicant with five qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there. What five? They’re stingy regarding monasteries, families,
PL
“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato āvāsiko bhikkhu yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye. Katamehi pañcahi? Āvāsamaccharī hoti; kulamaccharī hoti;
EN
material things, and praise. And they waste a gift given in faith. A resident mendicant with these five qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.
PL
lābhamaccharī hoti; vaṇṇamaccharī hoti; saddhādeyyaṁ vinipāteti. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato āvāsiko bhikkhu yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.
EN
A resident mendicant with five qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there. What five? They’re not stingy regarding monasteries, families,
PL
Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato āvāsiko bhikkhu yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge. Katamehi pañcahi? Na āvāsamaccharī hoti; na kulamaccharī hoti;
EN
material things, and praise. And they don’t waste a gift given in faith. A resident mendicant with these five qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.”
PL
na lābhamaccharī hoti; na vaṇṇamaccharī hoti; saddhādeyyaṁ na vinipāteti. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato āvāsiko bhikkhu yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge”ti.
PL
Navamaṁ.

Pāli root text and English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net), CC0.

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