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Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

5: The Book of the Fives

XXIV. A Resident Mendicant — AN 5.240: Stinginess (2nd)

1“Mendicants, a resident mendicant with five qualities is cast down to hell. What five? They’re stingy regarding monasteries, families, material possessions, praise, and the teachings. A resident mendicant with these five qualities is cast down to hell.

2A resident mendicant with five qualities is raised up to heaven. What five? They’re not stingy regarding monasteries, families, material possessions, praise, and the teachings. A resident mendicant with these five qualities is raised up to heaven.”

1"Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato āvāsiko bhikkhu yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye. Katamehi pañcahi? Āvāsamaccharī hoti; kulamaccharī hoti; lābhamaccharī hoti; vaṇṇamaccharī hoti; dhammamaccharī hoti. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato āvāsiko bhikkhu yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.

2Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato āvāsiko bhikkhu yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge. Katamehi pañcahi? Na āvāsamaccharī hoti; na kulamaccharī hoti; na lābhamaccharī hoti; na vaṇṇamaccharī hoti; na dhammamaccharī hoti. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato āvāsiko bhikkhu yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge"ti.

Dasamaṁ.

Āvāsikavaggo catuttho.

3Āvāsiko piyo ca sobhano,
Bahūpakāro anukampako ca;
Tayo avaṇṇārahā ceva,
Macchariyā duvepi cāti.