AN.5.240. Dutiyamacchariyasutta ("Stinginess, 2nd")
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, praise, and the teachings. 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, praise, and the teachings. A resident mendicant with these five qualities is raised up to heaven.”
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