The Book of the Fives

Chapter XXVI: Acceptance

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Thus have I heard:

Once the Exalted One dwelt near Sāvatthī;
and there he addressed the monks, saying:

"Monks."

'Yes, lord,' they replied;
and the Exalted One said:

"Monks, there are these five forms of stinginess.¹

What five?

Stinginess as to one's lodging,
stinginess as to family,
stinginess as to gains,
stinginess as to fame,
stinginess as to Dhamma.

[198] Verily, monks, there are these five.

Now the meanest of these five, monks, is this;
stinginess as to Dhamma."

¹ Cf. above, § 237