SN 45-56 The Group of Connected Discourses on the Path – Mahāvaggasaṁyutta > SN 46 Linked Discourses on the Awakening Factors – Bojjhaṅgasaṁyutta > SN 46.77–88 The Ganges River, Etc.

Linked Discourses 46.77–88 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 46.77–88

9. Abbreviated Texts on the Ganges – 9. Gaṅgāpeyyālavagga

SN 46.77–88 The Ganges River, Etc. – Gaṅgānadīādisutta

“Bhikkhū, the Ganges river slants, slopes, and inclines to the east.

“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, gaṅgā nadī pācīnaninnā pācīnapoṇā pācīnapabbhārā;

In the same way, a bhikkhu who develops and cultivates the seven awakening factors slants, slopes, and inclines to extinguishment.

evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu satta bojjhaṅge bhāvento satta bojjhaṅge bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro.

And how does a bhikkhu who develops the seven awakening factors slant, slope, and incline to extinguishment?

Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu satta bojjhaṅge bhāvento satta bojjhaṅge bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro?

It’s when a bhikkhu develops the awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, samādhi,

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu satisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti …pe…

and equanimity, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go.

upekkhāsambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ …

That’s how a bhikkhu who develops and cultivates the seven awakening factors slants, slopes, and inclines to extinguishment.”

evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu satta bojjhaṅge bhāvento satta bojjhaṅge bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro”ti.

(To be expanded for each of the different rivers as in SN 45.91–102.)

(Yāva esanā pāḷi vitthāretabbā.)

Gaṅgāpeyyālavaggo navamo.

Tassuddānaṁ

Cha pācīnato ninnā,

cha ninnā ca samuddato;