Visuddhimagga XXII-52

Macchariyānīti āvāsamacchariyaṃ kulamacchariyaṃ lābhamacchariyaṃ dhammamacchariyaṃ vaṇṇamacchariyanti imāsu āvāsādīsu aññesaṃ sādhāraṇabhāvaṃ asahanākārena pavattāni pañca macchariyāni.

「悭」──有住处悭、家族悭、利得悭、法悭、称赞悭的五种。这些是因为于住处等不愿与他人共有而起的。

Ñ(XXII,52): The kinds of avarice are the five, namely, avarice about dwellings, families, gain, Dhamma, and praise, which occur as inability to bear sharing with others any of these things beginning with dwellings.



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