Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.122–126
Translators: sujato
Linked Discourses 45.122–126
10. Dutiyagaṅgāpeyyālavagga
10. Abbreviated Texts on the Ganges
Dutiyādisamuddaninnasutta
Sloping to the Ocean
“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yamunā nadī samuddaninnā samuddapoṇā samuddapabbhārā;
“Mendicants, the Yamunā river slants, slopes, and inclines to the ocean. …”
evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu …pe…
seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, aciravatī nadī samuddaninnā samuddapoṇā samuddapabbhārā;
“… the Aciravatī river …”
evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu …pe…
seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, sarabhū nadī samuddaninnā samuddapoṇā samuddapabbhārā;
“… the Sarabhū river …”
evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu …pe…
seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, mahī nadī samuddaninnā samuddapoṇā samuddapabbhārā;
“… the Mahī river …”
evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu …pe…
seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yā kācimā mahānadiyo, seyyathidaṁ—
“… all the great rivers …”
gaṅgā, yamunā, aciravatī, sarabhū, mahī, sabbā tā samuddaninnā samuddapoṇā samuddapabbhārā;
evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bhāvento ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro.
Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bhāvento ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro?
Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammādiṭṭhiṁ bhāveti amatogadhaṁ amataparāyanaṁ amatapariyosānaṁ …pe… sammāsamādhiṁ bhāveti amatogadhaṁ amataparāyanaṁ amatapariyosānaṁ.
Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bhāvento ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro”ti.
Chaṭṭhaṁ.
(Amatogadhadvādasakī tatiyakī.)