[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) › 6.2 # Cetokhilasutta 6.2 Cetokhilasutta 6.2 - **Language:** Pāli ### [6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16.6.2) Yo so, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sikkhāya kaṅkhati vicikicchati nādhimuccati na sampasīdati, tassa cittaṃ na namati ātappāya anuyogāya sātaccāya padhānāya. > 'And further, O Bhikkhus, when a brother has doubt in the System of Self-culture (Sikkhâ), is uncertain about it, has no confidence in it, has no faith in it; then is his mind not inclined towards zeal, exertion, perseverance, and struggle. > 'But whosesoever mind inclineth not towards zeal, exertion, perseverance, and struggle, he has not become free from this fourth spiritual barrenness. > — Barrenness and Bondage (Ketokhila-sutta) - [Previous: 6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16.6.1) - [Next: 6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16.6.3) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16.6) ## Translations (3) - [Il discorso sulla durezza di cuore](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16~it-giovannizappa.6.2) — Italian - [Požari u srcu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16~sr-brankokovacevic.6.2) — sr - [Barrenness and Bondage (Ketokhila-sutta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16~en-rhysdavids1881.1.6) — English ## Linked texts (2) - [增壹阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva.51.4.7) — 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.16.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16.6.2) · Pramāṇa