[Buddha-l] Do's and don't's

[Jo]

On Behalf Of Christopher Fynn
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 3:29 AM


On 07/04/2012, Joy Vriens <joy.vriens at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Phra Brahmagunabhorn in his booklet Path to Peace....
> http://www.icundv.com/vesak2011/book/the%20path%20ENG%20NEW.pdf
> ....
> 2. Being freed from the influence of five forms of stinginess, here, 
> again defined in religious terminology:
> * Avasa-macchariya: stinginess as to dwelling
> * Labha-macchariya: stinginess as to gain
> * Kula-macchariya: stinginess as to family
> * Vanna-macchariya: stinginess as to recognition; caste or class 
> discrimination
> * Dhamma-macchariya: stinginess as to knowledge or mental achievements

"Stinginess" seems an odd word to use here - does he mean selfishness?
___________________________________________

See
http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/search3advanced?dbname=pali&quer
y=macchariya&matchtype=exact&display=utf8 

Selfishness is one of the glosses here, along with stinginess, etc. Idea
being that such attitudes prevent open-hearted generosity.

Joanna K.