[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) › [Majjhimanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima) › [Cetokhilasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16) › 11.2 # Cetokhilasutta 11.2 Cetokhilasutta 11.2 - **Language:** Pāli ### [11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16.11.2) Yo so, bhikkhave, bhikkhu yāvadatthaṃ udarāvadehakaṃ bhuñjitvā seyyasukhaṃ passasukhaṃ middhasukhaṃ anuyutto viharati, tassa cittaṃ na namati ātappāya anuyogāya sātaccāya padhānāya. > 'And further, O Bhikkhus, a brother may have eaten enough and to satiety, and begins to follow after the case of sleep, the ease of softness, the ease of sloth. > 'Whatsoever brother, O Bhikkhus, when he has eaten enough and to satiety, begins to follow after the ease of sleep, the ease of softness, the ease of sloth, his mind does not incline to zeal, exertion, perseverance, and struggle. > 'But whosesoever mind inclineth not toward zeal, exertion, perseverance, and struggle, he has not broken through this fourth spiritual bondage. > — Barrenness and Bondage (Ketokhila-sutta) - [Previous: 11.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16.11.1) - [Next: 11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16.11.3) - [Up: 11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16.11) ## Translations (4) - [Il discorso sulla durezza di cuore](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16~it-giovannizappa.11.2) — Italian - [Požari u srcu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16~sr-brankokovacevic.11.2) — sr - [Умственное бесплодие](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16~ru-sv.11.2) — Russian - [Barrenness and Bondage (Ketokhila-sutta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16~en-rhysdavids1881.1.11) — English ## Linked texts (2) - [增壹阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva.51.4.10) — Classical Chinese - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.206.6) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16.11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16.11.2) · Pramāṇa