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an.5.256 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)

Stinginess

“Without abandoning these five qualities, one is incapable of entering & remaining in the first jhana. Which five? Stinginess as to one’s monastery [lodgings], stinginess as to one’s family [of supporters], stinginess as to one’s gains, stinginess as to one’s status, and stinginess as to the Dhamma. Without abandoning these five qualities, one is incapable of entering & remaining in the first jhana.

“With the abandoning of these five qualities, one is capable of entering & remaining in the first jhana. Which five? Stinginess as to one’s monastery [lodgings]… one’s family [of supporters]… one’s gains… one’s status, and stinginess as to the Dhamma. With the abandoning of these five qualities, one is capable of entering & remaining in the first jhana.”

- Translator: Thanissaro Bhikkhu

- Editor: Gabriel Laera


The First Absorption

“Mendicants, without giving up these five qualities you can’t enter and remain in the first absorption.
What five?
Stinginess with dwellings, families, material possessions, praise, and the teachings.
Without giving up these five qualities you can’t enter and remain in the first absorption.
But after giving up these five qualities you can enter and remain in the first absorption.
What five?
Stinginess with dwellings, families, material possessions, praise, and the teachings.
After giving up these five qualities you can enter and remain in the first absorption.”