an.5.255 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)

Giving Up Stinginess

“Mendicants, the spiritual life is lived to give up and cut out these five kinds of stinginess.
What five?
Stinginess with dwellings, families, material possessions, praise, and the teachings.

The spiritual life is lived to give up and cut out these five kinds of stinginess.”