[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) › 7.2 # Cetokhilasutta 7.2 Cetokhilasutta 7.2 - **Language:** Pāli ### [7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16.7.2) Yo so, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sabrahmacārīsu kupito hoti anattamano āhatacitto khilajāto, tassa cittaṃ na namati ātappāya anuyogāya sātaccāya padhānāya. > This being so, their mind doesn’t incline toward keenness, commitment, persistence, and striving. > — Hard-heartedness - [Previous: 7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16.7.1) - [Next: 7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16.7.3) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16.7) ## Translations (6) - [Il discorso sulla durezza di cuore](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16~it-giovannizappa.7.2) — Italian - [Požari u srcu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16~sr-brankokovacevic.7.2) — sr - [Seelische Öde](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16~de-sabbamitta.7.2) — German - [Умственное бесплодие](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16~ru-sv.7.2) — Russian - [Hard-heartedness](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16~en-sujato.7.2) — English - [Barrenness and Bondage (Ketokhila-sutta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16~en-rhysdavids1881.1.7) — English ## Linked texts (1) - [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.16.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.16.7.2) · Pramāṇa