[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) › 2.1 # Cetokhilasutta 2.1 Cetokhilasutta 2.1 - **Language:** Pāli ### [2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16.2.1) “Yassa kassaci, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno pañca cetokhilā appahīnā, pañca cetasovinibandhā asamucchinnā, so vatimasmiṃ dhammavinaye vuddhiṃ virūḷhiṃ vepullaṃ āpajjissatīti—netaṃ ṭhānaṃ vijjati. > “Mendicants, when a mendicant has not given up five kinds of hard-heartedness and severed five shackles of the heart, it’s not possible for them to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training. > — Hard-heartedness - [Previous: 1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16.1.6) - [Next: 3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16.3.1) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16.2) ## Translations (6) - [Il discorso sulla durezza di cuore](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16~it-giovannizappa.2.1) — Italian - [Požari u srcu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16~sr-brankokovacevic.2.1) — sr - [Seelische Öde](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16~de-sabbamitta.2.1) — German - [Умственное бесплодие](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16~ru-sv.2.1) — Russian - [Hard-heartedness](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16~en-sujato.2.1) — English - [Barrenness and Bondage (Ketokhila-sutta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16~en-rhysdavids1881.1.2) — English ## Linked texts (2) - [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 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16.2.1) · Pramāṇa