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sn.45.92-95 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)

Slanting to the East (2–6)

“Bhikkhus, just as the river Yamuna … … the river Aciravati … the river Sarabhū… the river Mahī … whatever great rivers there are—that is, the Ganges, the Yamuna, the Aciravati, the 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 in §91.

- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi

- Editor: Blake Walsh