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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

1. Maccari Sutta. On the five disadvantages of staying too long in one place - one grudges sharing ones lodging, the families who provide alms, ones provisions, ones fame, or the Dhamma. A.iii.258.

2. Macchari Sutta. A monk who grudges sharing his lodging, the families who provide him with food, the gifts he receives, his fame, and who frustrates gifts offered in faith - such a monk is destined to hell. A.iii.266.

3. Macchari Sutta. The same as the above except that the fifth quality is given as stinginess with regard to Dhamma. A.iii.266f.

4. Macchari Sutta. The same as (3) except that nun is substituted for monk. A.iii.139.

5. Machari Sutta. A group of Satullapa devas visit the Buddha at Jetavana and four of them speak, each one verse, before him on the evils of avarice and the blessings of generosity. The Buddha utters a verse to the effect that gifts given should be well gotten. S.i.18f.

6. Macchari Sutta. A deva visits the Buddha and asks him questions as to what kind of person is a miser and what awaits the generous man. The Buddha replies. S.i.34.

7. Macchari Sutta. Seven fetters must be destroyed in order that the good life may be led: complying, resisting, wrong views, uncertainty, conceit, envy, meanness. A.iv.8.

8. Macchari Sutta. The five forms of meanness: in sharing lodgings, the services of a family, gains, fame and Dhamma. A.iv.459.

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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

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Partial matches: Sutta, Maccari.

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