Numbered Discourses 5.239

1. A Resident Mendicant

Stinginess (1st)

“Mendicants, a resident mendicant with five qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.

What five?

They’re stingy regarding monasteries,

families,

material things,

and praise.

And they waste a gift given in faith.

A resident mendicant with these five qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.

A resident mendicant with five qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.

What five?

They’re not stingy regarding monasteries,

families,

material things,

and praise.

And they don’t waste a gift given in faith.

A resident mendicant with these five qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.”