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Numbered Discourses 5.255

26. Upasampadāvagga
26. Ordination

Macchariyappahānasutta

Giving Up Stinginess

“Pañcannaṁ, bhikkhave, macchariyānaṁ pahānāya samucchedāya brahmacariyaṁ vussati.
“Mendicants, the spiritual life is lived to give up and cut out these five kinds of stinginess.

Katamesaṁ pañcannaṁ?
What five?

Āvāsamacchariyassa pahānāya samucchedāya brahmacariyaṁ vussati;
Stinginess with dwellings, families, material things, praise, and the teachings.

kulamacchariyassa … lābhamacchariyassa … vaṇṇamacchariyassa … dhammamacchariyassa pahānāya samucchedāya brahmacariyaṁ vussati.

Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ macchariyānaṁ pahānāya samucchedāya brahmacariyaṁ vussatī”ti.
The spiritual life is lived to give up and cut out these five kinds of stinginess.”

Pañcamaṁ.