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an.5.239 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)

Stinginess (1st)

“Mendicants, a resident mendicant with five qualities is cast down to hell.
What five?
They’re stingy regarding monasteries,
families,
material possessions,
and praise.
And they waste a gift given in faith.
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,
and praise.
And they don’t waste a gift given in faith.
A resident mendicant with these five qualities is raised up to heaven.”