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AN 5.254 Five Kinds of Stinginess

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AN 5.254 - Five Kinds of Stinginess
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Numbered Discourses 5.254
26. Ordination
Five Kinds of Stinginess
“Mendicants, there are these five kinds of stinginess. What five? Stinginess with dwellings, families, material things, praise, and the teachings. These are the five kinds of stinginess. The most contemptible of these five kinds of stinginess is stinginess with the teaching.”