{"collection":"Majjhima Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_mn16/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_mn16","id":"suttacentral_mn16","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/mn16/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Majjhima Nikaya"],"text":"So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near S\u0101vatth\u012b in Jeta\u2019s Grove, An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika\u2019s monastery. There the Buddha addressed the mendicants, \u201cMendicants!\u201d \u201cVenerable sir,\u201d they replied. The Buddha said this: \u201cMendicants, when a mendicant has not given up five kinds of hard-heartedness and severed five shackles of the heart, it\u2019s not possible for them to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training. 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 This is the second kind of hard-heartedness. They have doubts about the Sa\u1e45gha \u2026 This is the third kind of hard-heartedness. They have doubts about the training \u2026 This is the fourth kind of hard-heartedness. Furthermore, 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 This is the second shackle of the heart. Furthermore, a mendicant isn\u2019t free of greed for form \u2026 This is the third shackle of the heart. They eat as much as they like until their belly is full, then indulge in the pleasures of sleeping, lying down, and drowsing \u2026 This is the fourth heart shackle. They lead the spiritual life hoping to be reborn in one of the orders of gods, thinking: \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. When a mendicant has not given up these five kinds of hard-heartedness and severed these five shackles of the heart, it\u2019s not possible for them to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training. When a mendicant has given up these five kinds of hard-heartedness and severed these five shackles of the heart, it is possible for them to achieve growth, improvement, and maturity in this teaching and training. 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 They have no doubts about the Sa\u1e45gha \u2026 They have no doubts about the training \u2026 They\u2019re 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 hoping to be reborn in one of the orders of gods, thinking: \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. When a mendicant has given up these five kinds of hard-heartedness and severed these five shackles of the heart, it is possible for them to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training. They develop the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to enthusiasm, and active effort \u2026 the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to energy, and active effort \u2026 the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to mental development, and active effort \u2026 the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to inquiry, and active effort. And the fifth is sheer vigor. A mendicant who possesses these fifteen factors, including vigor, is capable of breaking out, becoming awakened, and reaching the supreme sanctuary from the yoke. Suppose there was a chicken with eight or ten or twelve eggs. And she properly sat on them to keep them warm and incubated. Even if that chicken doesn\u2019t wish: \u2018If only my chicks could break out of the eggshell with their claws and beak and hatch safely!\u2019 Still they can break out and hatch safely. In the same way, a mendicant who possesses these fifteen factors, including vigor, is capable of breaking out, becoming awakened, and reaching the supreme sanctuary from the yoke.\u201d That is what the Buddha said. Satisfied, the mendicants approved what the Buddha said.","title":"Hard-heartedness","tradition":"Majjhima Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":974}