AN 9.69Stinginess
Pāli / Sanskrit:Macchariyasutta
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– Aṅguttara Nikāya
– VII . The Foundations of Mindfulness Chapter
9.69. Stinginess
TTC 1—Mendicants, there are these five kinds of stinginess. What five?
TTC 2Stinginess regarding dwellings, families, material possessions, beauty, and the teaching.
TTC 3Mendicants, to give up these five kinds of stinginess, the four foundations of mindfulness should be developed. What four? … These four foundations of mindfulness should be developed.
This collection was translated from the Pali Canon into Vietnamese by the Most Venerable Thích Minh Châu in 1976–1977 and published by the Vạn Hạnh Buddhist Institute, Saigon, in 1980–1981. As part of the translation and publication program for the Vietnamese Buddhist Canon, the collection was revised into 4 volumes and reissued in 1996 as volumes 21, 22, 23, and 24.
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