Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.128–132
Translators: sujato
Linked Discourses 45.128–132
10. Dutiyagaṅgāpeyyālavagga
10. Abbreviated Texts on the Ganges
Dutiyādipācīnaninnasutta
Slanting East
“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yamunā nadī pācīnaninnā pācīnapoṇā pācīnapabbhārā;
“Mendicants, the Yamunā river slants, slopes, and inclines to the east. …”
evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu …pe…
seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, aciravatī nadī pācīnaninnā pācīnapoṇā pācīnapabbhārā;
“… the Aciravatī river …”
evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu …pe…
seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, sarabhū nadī pācīnaninnā pācīnapoṇā pācīnapabbhārā;
“… the Sarabhū river …”
evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu …pe…
seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, mahī nadī pācīnaninnā pācīnapoṇā pācīnapabbhārā;
“… 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 pācīnaninnā pācīnapoṇā pācīnapabbhārā;
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 nibbānaninnaṁ nibbānapoṇaṁ nibbānapabbhāraṁ …pe… sammāsamādhiṁ bhāveti nibbānaninnaṁ nibbānapoṇaṁ nibbānapabbhāraṁ.
Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bhāvento ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro”ti.
Chaṭṭhaṁ.