an.5.264 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 ingratitude. 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…”

- Translator: Thanissaro Bhikkhu

- Editor: Gabriel Laera

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Another Discourse on 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 lack of gratitude and thankfulness.
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 lack of gratitude and thankfulness.
After giving up these five qualities you can enter and remain in the first absorption.”