sn.45.97 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)

The Ocean

“Bhikkhus, just as the river Ganges … … whatever great rivers there are … all slant, slope, and incline towards the ocean, so too a bhikkhu who develops and cultivates the Noble Eightfold Path slants, slopes, and inclines towards Nibbāna.”

Complete as in §§91–96.

- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi

- Editor: Blake Walsh

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Slanting to the Ocean

“Mendicants, the Ganges river slants, slopes, and inclines to the ocean.
In the same way, a mendicant who develops the noble eightfold path slants, slopes, and inclines to extinguishment. …”