[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [Aṅguttaranikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara) › [The Book of Tens](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.10) › [Cetokhilasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.10.14) › 7.2 # Cetokhilasutta 7.2 Cetokhilasutta 7.2 - **Language:** Pāli ### [7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.10.14.7.2) evamevaṃ kho, bhikkhave, yassa kassaci bhikkhussa vā bhikkhuniyā vā ime pañca cetokhilā appahīnā ime pañca cetasovinibandhā asamucchinnā, tassa yā ratti vā divaso vā āgacchati hāniyeva pāṭikaṅkhā kusalesu dhammesu no vuddhi. > In the same way, a monk or nun who has not given up these five kinds of hard-heartedness and has not severed these five shackles of the heart can expect decline, not growth, in skillful qualities, whether by day or by night. > — Hard-heartedness - [Previous: 7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.10.14.7.1) - [Next: 8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.10.14.8.1) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.10.14.7) ## Translations (2) - [Hard-heartedness](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.10.14~en-sujato.7.2) — English - [Seelische Öde](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.10.14~de-sabbamitta.7.2) — German --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.10.14.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.10.14.7.2) · Pramāṇa