AN.5.239. Paṭhamamacchariyasutta ("Stinginess, 1st")

Aṅguttara Nikāya ("Collections of Numbered Discourses")

“Mendicants, a resident mendicant with five qualities is cast down to hell. What five? They’re stingy regarding monasteries, families, material possessions, and praise. And they waste a gift given in faith. A resident mendicant with these five qualities is cast down to hell.

A resident mendicant with five qualities is raised up to heaven. What five? They’re not stingy regarding monasteries, families, material possessions, and praise. And they don’t waste a gift given in faith. A resident mendicant with these five qualities is raised up to heaven.”



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