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Hard-heartedness

Cetokhilasutta

Five kinds of emotional barrenness that can affect mendicants.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.205Numbered Discourses 5.205
  • 0.221. Kimilavagga21. With Kimbila

0.3CetokhilasuttaHard-heartedness

1.1PTS 3.249“Pañcime, bhikkhave, cetokhilā.“Mendicants, there are these five kinds of hard-heartedness.1.2Katame pañca?What five?1.3Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu satthari kaṅkhati vicikicchati nādhimuccati na sampasīdati.Firstly, a mendicant has doubts about the Teacher. They’re uncertain, undecided, and lacking confidence.1.4Yo so, bhikkhave, bhikkhu satthari kaṅkhati vicikicchati nādhimuccati na sampasīdati, tassa cittaṁ na namati ātappāya anuyogāya sātaccāya padhānāya.This being so, their mind doesn’t incline toward keenness, commitment, persistence, and striving.1.5Yassa cittaṁ na namati ātappāya anuyogāya sātaccāya padhānāya, ayaṁ paṭhamo cetokhilo.This is the first kind of hard-heartedness.

2.1Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu dhamme kaṅkhati …pe…Furthermore, a mendicant has doubts about the teaching …2.2saṅghe kaṅkhati …pe…the Saṅgha …2.3sikkhāya kaṅkhati …pe…the training …2.4sabrahmacārīsu kupito hoti anattamano āhatacitto khilajāto.A mendicant is angry and upset with their spiritual companions, resentful and closed off.2.5Yo so, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sabrahmacārīsu kupito hoti anattamano āhatacitto khilajāto, tassa cittaṁ na namati ātappāya anuyogāya sātaccāya padhānāya.This being so, their mind doesn’t incline toward keenness, commitment, persistence, and striving.2.6Yassa cittaṁ na namati ātappāya anuyogāya sātaccāya padhānāya, ayaṁ pañcamo cetokhilo.This is the fifth kind of hard-heartedness.2.7Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca cetokhilā”ti.These are the five kinds of hard-heartedness.”

2.8Pañcamaṁ.