{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn1.49/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn1.49","id":"suttacentral_sn1.49","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn1.49/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cThose folk in the world who are stingy, miserly and abusive, setting up obstacles for others who give. What kind of result do they reap? What kind of future life? We\u2019ve come to ask the worthy sir: how are we to understand this?\u201d \u201cThose folk in the world who are stingy, miserly and abusive, setting up obstacles for others who give: they\u2019re reborn in hell, the animal realm, or Yama\u2019s world. If they return to the human state, they\u2019re born in a poor family, where clothes, food, pleasure, and play are hard to find. They don\u2019t even get what they hope for from others. This is the result in the present life, and in the next, a bad destination.\u201d \u201cWe understand what you\u2019re saying, and ask another question, Gotama. What about those who\u2019ve gained the human state, who are bountiful and rid of stinginess, confident in the Buddha and the teaching, with keen respect for the Sa\u1e45gha? What kind of result do they reap? What kind of future life? We\u2019ve come to ask the worthy sir: how are we to understand this?\u201d \u201cThose who\u2019ve gained the human state who are bountiful and rid of stinginess, confident in the Buddha and the teaching, with keen respect for the Sa\u1e45gha: they illuminate the heavens wherever they\u2019re reborn. If they return to the human state, they\u2019re reborn in a rich family, where clothes, food, pleasure, and play are easy to find. They rejoice like those who control the possessions of others. This is the result in the present life, and in the next, a good destination.\u201d","title":"Stingy","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":263}