KETOKHILA-SUTTA –
BARRENNESS AND BONDAGE
13. ‘And whatsoever brother, O Bhikkhus, has not quite become free from the five kinds of spiritual barrenness, has not altogether broken through the five kinds of mental bondage–that such a one should reach up to the full advantage of, should attain to the full growth in, to full breadth in, this doctrine and discipline–that can in no wise be!
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14. ‘But whatsoever brother, O Bhikkhus, has become quite free from the five kinds of mental barrenness, has altogether broken through the five kinds of spiritual bondage–that such a one should reach up to the full advantage of, should attain to full growth in, to full breadth in, this doctrine and discipline–that can well be!’
15. ‘And who has become free from the five kinds of spiritual barrenness?’
‘In the first place, O Bhikkhus, when a brother does not doubt in the Teacher (Satthâ), is not uncertain regarding him, has confidence in him, and has faith in him; then his mind does incline to zeal, exertion, perseverance, and struggle.
‘But whosesoever mind inclineth towards zeal, exertion, perseverance, and struggle, he has become free from this first spiritual barrenness.
Ketokhila-Sutta: Barreness And Bondage
Translated from Pâli by T. W. Rhys Davids [1881]