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Saɱyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
45. Magga Saɱyutta
4. Paṭipatti Vagga: Gaṅgā Peyyāla
1. Viveka-Nissitaɱ

Kindred Sayings on the Way

The Connected Discourses of the Buddha
The Great Book,
Chapter I (45): Connected Discourses on the Path

Suttas 91-102

IX.
First Ganges Repetition Series

(i)
Based upon Seclusion Version

Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi

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Sutta 91

Paṭhama Pācīna Suttaɱ

Slanting to the East (1)

[1][pts] At Sāvatthī.

"Bhikkhus, just as the river Ganges slants, slopes, and inclines towards the east, so too a bhikkhu who develops and cultivates the Noble Eightfold Path slants, slopes, and inclines towards Nibbāna

And how, bhikkhus, does a bhikkhu develop and cultivate the Noble Eightfold Path so that he slants, slopes, and inclines towards Nibbāna?

Here, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu develops right view, which is based upon seclusion, dispassion, and cessation, maturing in release....

He develops right concentration, which is based upon seclusion, dispassion, and cessation, maturing in release.

It is in this way, bhikkhus, that a bhikkhu develops and cultivates the Noble Eightfold Path so that he slants, slopes, and inclines towards Nibbāna."

 


 

Sutta 92

Dutiya Pācīna Suttaɱ

Slanting to the East (2-6)

[2][pts] At Sāvatthī.

"Bhikkhus, just as the river Yamunā ...

.. the river Aciravatī...

the river Sarabhū ...

the river Mahī ...

whatever great rivers there are — that is, the Ganges, the Yamunā, the Aciravatī Sarabhū the Mahī — all slant, slope, and incline towards the east, so too a bhikkhu who develops and cultivates the Noble Eightfold Path slants, slopes, and inclines towards Nibbāna."

/(Complete as above.)/

 

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Suttas 97-102

Paṭhama-Chaṭṭha Samudda Suttaɱ

The Ocean (1-6)

[7][pts] At Sāvatthī.

"Bhikkhus, just as the river Ganges ... whatever great rivers there are ... all slant, slope, and incline towards the ocean, so too a bhikkhu who develops and cultivates the Noble Eightfold Path slants, slopes, and inclines towards Nibbāna"

/(Complete as above.)/


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