9: The Book of the Nines
VII. Mindfulness Meditation — AN 9.69: Stinginess
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1“Mendicants, there are these five kinds of stinginess. What five? Stinginess with dwellings, families, material possessions, praise, and the teaching. These are the five kinds of stinginess.
2To give up these five kinds of stinginess you should develop the four kinds of mindfulness meditation. …”
1"Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, macchariyāni. Katamāni pañca? Āvāsamacchariyaṁ, kulamacchariyaṁ, lābhamacchariyaṁ, vaṇṇamacchariyaṁ, dhammamacchariyaṁ – imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañca macchariyāni.
2Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ macchariyānaṁ pahānāya … pe … ime cattāro satipaṭṭhānā bhāvetabbā"ti.
Sattamaṁ.