Macchara Sutta

Translation by Bhikkhuni Uppalavanna


 * "In this world there are the miserly, greedy and the revilers
 * They destroy gifts given to others. What results do they reap?
 * And where do they go hereafter? We came to know about this."


 * "The miserly, greedy and the revilers, who destroy gifts given to others
 * Are reborn in hell, as animals or the underworld
 * If reborn as humans would be in a poor clan,
 * Clothes, scraps of food, amusement and play, from wherever
 * They gain with difficulty, when others see them as foolish,
 * That too they will not gain.
 * These are results here and now and decrease hereafter."


 * "Now we know this. And ask another question:
 * If a benevolent one, free from miserliness is born in this world,
 * With unwavering faith in the enlightenment, Teaching
 * And the Community of bhikkus, what results, does he reap in this world and hereafter?
 * We want to know this too."


 * "If a benevolent one free from miserliness is born in this world,
 * With unwavering faith in the enlightenment, Teaching
 * And the Community of bhikkhus
 * Where he is born, explains the heaven.
 * If born as a human in this world,
 * Will be born in a wealthy family with resources
 * Clothes, scraps of food, amusement and play, he will gain without difficulty.
 * And he will enjoy the wealth amassed by others, as if it was his own.
 * These are results here and now and increase, hereafter."