Numbered Discourses 5.240
- A Resident Mendicant
Stinginess (2nd)
“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,
praise,
and the teachings.
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,
praise,
and the teachings.
A resident mendicant with these five qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.”