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# Cetokhilasutta 12.2

Cetokhilasutta 12.2

- **Language:** Pāli

### [12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16.12.2)

Yo so, bhikkhave, bhikkhu aññataraṃ devanikāyaṃ paṇidhāya brahmacariyaṃ carati: ‘imināhaṃ sīlena vā vatena vā tapena vā brahmacariyena vā devo vā bhavissāmi devaññataro vā’ti, tassa cittaṃ na namati ātappāya anuyogāya sātaccāya padhānāya.

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

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## Translations (6)

- [Il discorso sulla durezza di cuore](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16~it-giovannizappa.12.2) — Italian
- [Požari u srcu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16~sr-brankokovacevic.12.2) — sr
- [Seelische Öde](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16~de-sabbamitta.12.2) — German
- [Умственное бесплодие](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16~ru-sv.12.2) — Russian
- [Hard-heartedness](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16~en-sujato.12.2) — English
- [Barrenness and Bondage (Ketokhila-sutta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16~en-rhysdavids1881.1.12) — English

## Linked texts (2)

- [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.206.7) — Classical Chinese
- [Cetokhilasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.10.14.5.5) — Pāli

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