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an.5.115 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)

Stingy

“Mendicants, a nun with five qualities is cast down to hell.
What five?
She is stingy with dwellings, families, material possessions, praise, and the teaching.
A nun with these five qualities is cast down to hell.
A nun with five qualities is raised up to heaven.
What five?
She is not stingy with dwellings, families, material possessions, praise, or the teaching.
A nun with these five qualities is raised up to heaven.”