8.
The Chapter of the Ganges Consecutive Repetitions
1-12.
The Twelve Discourses Beginning with the Eastern
541-552. "Just as, monks, the river Ganges slants towards the east, slopes towards the east, inclines towards the east; just so, monks, a monk developing the five faculties, cultivating the five faculties, slants towards Nibbāna, slopes towards Nibbāna, inclines towards Nibbāna. And how, monks, does a monk developing the five faculties, cultivating the five faculties, slant towards Nibbāna, slope towards Nibbāna, incline towards Nibbāna? Here, monks, a monk develops the faith faculty, based upon seclusion, based upon dispassion, based upon cessation, maturing in release; the energy faculty, etc. the mindfulness faculty... the concentration faculty... he develops the wisdom faculty, based upon seclusion, based upon dispassion, based upon cessation, maturing in release. Thus, monks, a monk developing the five faculties, cultivating the five faculties, slants towards Nibbāna, slopes towards Nibbāna, inclines towards Nibbāna." The twelfth.
The Ganges Repetition Series Chapter is the eighth.
Its summary:
These two sixes are twelve, by that the chapter is called.
The Diligence Chapter should be expanded.
Its summary:
King, moon and sun, and cloth is the tenth stanza.
The Strenuous Deeds Chapter should be expanded.
Its summary:
With space and two clouds, boat, visitor, and river.
The Search Chapter should be expanded.
Its summary:
Barrenness, stain, and trouble, feeling, craving, and with thirst.