- Numbered Discourses 5.115Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.115
- 12. At Andhakavinda12. Andhakavindavagga
StingyMaccharinīsutta
“Mendicants, a nun with five qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgatā bhikkhunī yathābhataṁ nikkhittā evaṁ niraye. What five?Katamehi pañcahi? She is stingy with dwellings, families, material things, praise, and the teaching.Āvāsamaccharinī hoti, kulamaccharinī hoti, lābhamaccharinī hoti, vaṇṇamaccharinī hoti, dhammamaccharinī hoti. A nun with these five qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgatā bhikkhunī yathābhataṁ nikkhittā evaṁ niraye.
A nun with five qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgatā bhikkhunī yathābhataṁ nikkhittā evaṁ sagge. What five?Katamehi pañcahi? She is not stingy with dwellings, families, material things, praise, or the teaching.Na āvāsamaccharinī hoti, na kulamaccharinī hoti, na lābhamaccharinī hoti, na vaṇṇamaccharinī hoti, na dhammamaccharinī hoti. A nun with these five qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.”Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgatā bhikkhunī yathābhataṁ nikkhittā evaṁ sagge”ti.