{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an10.14/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an10.14","id":"suttacentral_an10.14","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an10.14/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, a monk or nun who has not given up five kinds of hard-heartedness and has not severed five shackles of the heart can expect decline, not growth, in skillful qualities, whether by day or by night. What are the five kinds of hard-heartedness they haven\u2019t given up? Firstly, a mendicant has doubts about the Teacher. They\u2019re uncertain, undecided, and lacking confidence. This being so, their mind doesn\u2019t incline toward keenness, commitment, persistence, and striving. This is the first kind of hard-heartedness they haven\u2019t given up. Furthermore, a mendicant has doubts about the teaching \u2026 the Sa\u1e45gha \u2026 the training \u2026 A mendicant is angry and upset with their spiritual companions, resentful and closed off. This being so, their mind doesn\u2019t incline toward keenness, commitment, persistence, and striving. This is the fifth kind of hard-heartedness they haven\u2019t given up. These are the five kinds of hard-heartedness they haven\u2019t given up. What are the five shackles of the heart they haven\u2019t severed? Firstly, a mendicant isn\u2019t free of greed, desire, fondness, thirst, passion, and craving for sensual pleasures. This being so, their mind doesn\u2019t incline toward keenness, commitment, persistence, and striving. This is the first shackle of the heart they haven\u2019t severed. Furthermore, a mendicant isn\u2019t free of greed for the body \u2026 They\u2019re not free of greed for form \u2026 They eat as much as they like until their belly is full, then indulge in the pleasures of sleeping, lying down, and drowsing \u2026 They lead the spiritual life wishing to be reborn in one of the orders of gods: \u2018By this precept or observance or fervent austerity or spiritual practice, may I become one of the gods!\u2019 This being so, their mind doesn\u2019t incline toward keenness, commitment, persistence, and striving. This is the fifth shackle of the heart they haven\u2019t severed. These are the five shackles of the heart they haven\u2019t severed. A monk or nun who has not given up these five kinds of hard-heartedness and has not severed these five shackles of the heart can expect decline, not growth, in skillful qualities, whether by day or by night. It\u2019s like the moon in the waning fortnight. Whether by day or by night, its beauty, roundness, luminosity, and diameter and circumference only decline. In the same way, a monk or nun who has not given up these five kinds of hard-heartedness and has not severed these five shackles of the heart can expect decline, not growth, in skillful qualities, whether by day or by night. A monk or nun who has given up five kinds of hard-heartedness and has severed five shackles of the heart can expect growth, not decline, in skillful qualities, whether by day or by night. What are the five kinds of hard-heartedness they\u2019ve given up? Firstly, a mendicant has no doubts about the Teacher. They\u2019re not uncertain, undecided, or lacking confidence. This being so, their mind inclines toward keenness, commitment, persistence, and striving. This is the first kind of hard-heartedness they\u2019ve given up. Furthermore, a mendicant has no doubts about the teaching \u2026 the Sa\u1e45gha \u2026 the training \u2026 A mendicant is not angry and upset with their spiritual companions, not resentful or closed off. This being so, their mind inclines toward keenness, commitment, persistence, and striving. This is the fifth kind of hard-heartedness they\u2019ve given up. These are the five kinds of hard-heartedness they\u2019ve given up. What are the five shackles of the heart they\u2019ve severed? Firstly, a mendicant is rid of greed, desire, fondness, thirst, passion, and craving for sensual pleasures. This being so, their mind inclines toward keenness, commitment, persistence, and striving. This is the first shackle of the heart they\u2019ve severed. Furthermore, a mendicant is rid of greed for the body \u2026 They\u2019re rid of greed for form \u2026 They don\u2019t eat as much as they like until their belly is full, then indulge in the pleasures of sleeping, lying down, and drowsing \u2026 They don\u2019t lead the spiritual life wishing to be reborn in one of the orders of gods: \u2018By this precept or observance or fervent austerity or spiritual practice, may I become one of the gods!\u2019 This being so, their mind inclines toward keenness, commitment, persistence, and striving. This is the fifth shackle of the heart they\u2019ve severed. These are the five shackles of the heart they\u2019ve severed. A monk or nun who has given up these five kinds of hard-heartedness and has severed these five shackles of the heart can expect growth, not decline, in skillful qualities, whether by day or by night. It\u2019s like the moon in the waxing fortnight. Whether by day or by night, its beauty, roundness, luminosity, and diameter and circumference only grow. In the same way, a monk or nun who has given up these five kinds of hard-heartedness and has severed these five shackles of the heart can expect growth, not decline, in skillful qualities, whether by day or by night.\u201d","title":"Hard-heartedness","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":821}