• Numbered Discourses 5.115 Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 5.115

12. At Andhakavinda 12. Andhakavindavagga

Stingy Maccharinīsutta

ā€œMendicants, a nun with five qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there. ā€œPaƱcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgatā bhikkhunÄ« yathābhataṁ nikkhittā evaṁ niraye. What five? Katamehi paƱcahi? She is stingy with dwellings, families, material things, praise, and the teaching. ĀvāsamaccharinÄ« hoti, kulamaccharinÄ« hoti, lābhamaccharinÄ« hoti, vaṇṇamaccharinÄ« hoti, dhammamaccharinÄ« hoti. A nun with these five qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, paƱcahi dhammehi samannāgatā bhikkhunÄ« yathābhataṁ nikkhittā evaṁ niraye.

A nun with five qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there. PaƱcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgatā bhikkhunÄ« yathābhataṁ nikkhittā evaṁ sagge. What five? Katamehi paƱcahi? She is not stingy with dwellings, families, material things, praise, or the teaching. Na āvāsamaccharinÄ« hoti, na kulamaccharinÄ« hoti, na lābhamaccharinÄ« hoti, na vaṇṇamaccharinÄ« hoti, na dhammamaccharinÄ« hoti. A nun with these five qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.ā€ Imehi kho, bhikkhave, paƱcahi dhammehi samannāgatā bhikkhunÄ« yathābhataṁ nikkhittā evaṁ saggeā€ti.