Numbered Discourses 5.240

24. A Resident Mendicant

Stinginess (2nd)

“Mendicants, a resident mendicant with five qualities is cast down to hell.
What five?
They’re stingy regarding monasteries,
families,
material things,
praise,
and the teachings.
A resident mendicant with these five qualities is cast down to hell.

A resident mendicant with five qualities is raised up to heaven.
What five?
They’re not stingy regarding monasteries,
families,
material things,
praise,
and the teachings.
A resident mendicant with these five qualities is raised up to heaven.”