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The Chapter of the Ganges Consecutive Repetitions
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The First Slanting Eastward Discourse
91. At Sāvatthī. "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 noble eightfold path, cultivating the noble eightfold path, slants towards Nibbāna, slopes towards Nibbāna, inclines towards Nibbāna. And how, monks, does a monk developing the noble eightfold path, cultivating the noble eightfold path, slant towards Nibbāna, slope towards Nibbāna, incline towards Nibbāna? Here, monks, a monk develops right view, based upon seclusion, based upon dispassion, based upon cessation, maturing in release, etc. he develops right concentration, based upon seclusion, based upon dispassion, based upon cessation, maturing in release. Thus, monks, a monk developing the noble eightfold path, cultivating the noble eightfold path, slants towards Nibbāna, slopes towards Nibbāna, inclines towards Nibbāna." The first.
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The Four Discourses Beginning with the Second Slanting Eastward
92-95. "Just as, monks, the river Yamunā slants towards the east, slopes towards the east, inclines towards the east; just so, monks, etc. Just as, monks, the river Aciravatī slants towards the east, slopes towards the east, inclines towards the east; just so, monks, etc. Just as, monks, the river Sarabhū slants towards the east, slopes towards the east, inclines towards the east; just so, monks, etc. Just as, monks, the river Mahī slants towards the east, slopes towards the east, inclines towards the east; just so, monks, etc. The fifth.
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The Sixth Slanting Eastward Discourse
96. "Just as, monks, whatever great rivers there are, as follows - the Ganges, the Yamunā, the Aciravatī, the Sarabhū, the Mahī, all of them slant towards the east, slope towards the east, incline towards the east; just so, monks, a monk developing the noble eightfold path, cultivating the noble eightfold path, slants towards Nibbāna, slopes towards Nibbāna, inclines towards Nibbāna. And how, monks, does a monk developing the noble eightfold path, cultivating the noble eightfold path, slant towards Nibbāna, slope towards Nibbāna, incline towards Nibbāna? Here, monks, a monk develops right view, based upon seclusion, etc. he develops right concentration, based upon seclusion, based upon dispassion, based upon cessation, maturing in release. Thus, monks, a monk developing the noble eightfold path, cultivating the noble eightfold path, slants towards Nibbāna, slopes towards Nibbāna, inclines towards Nibbāna." The sixth.
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The First Discourse on Slanting Towards the Ocean
97. "Just as, monks, the river Ganges slants towards the ocean, slopes towards the ocean, inclines towards the ocean; just so, monks, a monk developing the noble eightfold path, cultivating the noble eightfold path, slants towards Nibbāna, slopes towards Nibbāna, inclines towards Nibbāna. And how, monks, does a monk developing the noble eightfold path, cultivating the noble eightfold path, slant towards Nibbāna, slope towards Nibbāna, incline towards Nibbāna? Here, monks, a monk develops right view, based upon seclusion, etc. he develops right concentration, based upon seclusion, based upon dispassion, based upon cessation, maturing in release. Thus, monks, a monk developing the noble eightfold path, cultivating the noble eightfold path, slants towards Nibbāna, slopes towards Nibbāna, inclines towards Nibbāna." The first.
2-6.
The Group of Five Discourses Beginning with the Second on Slanting Towards the Ocean
98-102. "Just as, monks, the river Yamunā slants towards the ocean, slopes towards the ocean, inclines towards the ocean; just so, monks, a monk, etc. Just as, monks, the river Aciravatī slants towards the ocean, slopes towards the ocean, inclines towards the ocean; just so, monks, a monk, etc. Just as, monks, the river Sarabhū slants towards the ocean, slopes towards the ocean, inclines towards the ocean; just so, monks, a monk, etc. Just as, monks, the river Mahī slants towards the ocean, slopes towards the ocean, inclines towards the ocean; just so, monks, a monk, etc. Just as, monks, whatever great rivers there are, as follows - the Ganges, the Yamunā, the Aciravatī, the Sarabhū, the Mahī, all of them slant towards the ocean, slope towards the ocean, incline towards the ocean; just so, monks, a monk developing the noble eightfold path, cultivating the noble eightfold path, slants towards Nibbāna, slopes towards Nibbāna, inclines towards Nibbāna. And how, monks, does a monk developing the noble eightfold path, cultivating the noble eightfold path, slant towards Nibbāna, slope towards Nibbāna, incline towards Nibbāna? Here, monks, a monk develops right view, based upon seclusion, based upon dispassion, based upon cessation, maturing in release, etc. he develops right concentration, based upon seclusion, based upon dispassion, based upon cessation, maturing in release. Thus, monks, a monk developing the noble eightfold path, cultivating the noble eightfold path, slants towards Nibbāna, slopes towards Nibbāna, inclines towards Nibbāna." The sixth.
The Ganges Repetition Chapter is the first.
Its summary:
These two sixes are twelve, by that the chapter is called.
The Ganges Repetition Series, the path with the eastward-slanting statement, based upon seclusion, the group of twelve, the first.