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# Cetokhilasutta 1.1-5

Cetokhilasutta 1.1-5

- **Language:** Pāli

### [1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.9.71.1.1)

“Pañcime, bhikkhave, cetokhilā.

> “Mendicants, there are five kinds of hard-heartedness.  
> — Hard-heartedness

### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.9.71.1.2)

Katame pañca?

> What five?  
> — Hard-heartedness

### [1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.9.71.1.3)

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu satthari kaṅkhati vicikicchati nādhimuccati na sampasīdati.

> Firstly, a mendicant has doubts about the Teacher. They’re uncertain, undecided, and lacking confidence.  
> — Hard-heartedness

### [1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.9.71.1.4)

Yo so, bhikkhave, bhikkhu satthari kaṅkhati vicikicchati nādhimuccati na sampasīdati, tassa cittaṃ na namati ātappāya anuyogāya sātaccāya padhānāya.

> This being so, their mind doesn’t incline toward keenness, commitment, persistence, and striving.  
> — Hard-heartedness

### [1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.9.71.1.5)

Yassa cittaṃ na namati ātappāya anuyogāya sātaccāya padhānāya, ayaṃ paṭhamo cetokhilo.

> This is the first kind of hard-heartedness.  
> — Hard-heartedness

## Translations (2)

- [Hard-heartedness](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.9.71~en-sujato.1.1) — English
- [Seelische Öde](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.9.71~de-sabbamitta.1.1) — German

## Linked texts (3)

- [增壹阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva.51.4.4) — Classical Chinese
- [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.206.4) — Classical Chinese
- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.10.15) — Classical Chinese

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