- Numbered Discourses 5.240Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.240
- 24. A Resident Mendicant24. Āvāsikavagga
Stinginess (2nd)Dutiyamacchariyasutta
“Mendicants, a resident mendicant with five qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato āvāsiko bhikkhu yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye. What five?Katamehi pañcahi? They’re stingy regarding monasteries,Āvāsamaccharī hoti; families,kulamaccharī hoti; material things,lābhamaccharī hoti; praise,vaṇṇamaccharī hoti; and the teachings.dhammamaccharī hoti. A resident mendicant with these five qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato āvāsiko bhikkhu yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.
A resident mendicant with five qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato āvāsiko bhikkhu yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge. What five?Katamehi pañcahi? They’re not stingy regarding monasteries,Na āvāsamaccharī hoti; families,na kulamaccharī hoti; material things,na lābhamaccharī hoti; praise,na vaṇṇamaccharī hoti; and the teachings.na dhammamaccharī hoti. A resident mendicant with these five qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.”Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato āvāsiko bhikkhu yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge”ti.