14.
Another Discourse on the First Meditative Absorption
264.
"Monks, without abandoning these five qualities, one is incapable of entering and dwelling in the first meditative absorption.
Which five?
Stinginess regarding residence, stinginess regarding family, stinginess regarding material gain, stinginess regarding praise, ingratitude and unthankfulness -
these, monks, without abandoning these five qualities, one is incapable of entering and dwelling in the first meditative absorption.
"Monks, by abandoning these five qualities, one is capable of entering and dwelling in the first meditative absorption. Which five? Stinginess regarding residence, stinginess regarding family, stinginess regarding material gain, stinginess regarding praise, ingratitude and unthankfulness - these, monks, by abandoning these five qualities, one is capable of entering and dwelling in the first meditative absorption." The fourteenth.