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SN 45.110–1141 min read

Slanting to the Ocean

Dutiyādisamuddaninnasutta

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.110–114Linked Discourses 45.110–114
  • 0.210. Dutiyagaṅgāpeyyālavagga10. Abbreviated Texts on the Ganges

0.3DutiyādisamuddaninnasuttaSlanting to the Ocean

1.1“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yamunā nadī samuddaninnā samuddapoṇā samuddapabbhārā;“Mendicants, the Yamunā River slants, slopes, and inclines to the ocean. …”1.2evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu …pe…

1.3dutiyaṁ.

1.1“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, aciravatī nadī samuddaninnā samuddapoṇā samuddapabbhārā;“… the Aciravatī River …”1.2evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu …pe…

1.3tatiyaṁ.

1.1“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, sarabhū nadī samuddaninnā samuddapoṇā samuddapabbhārā;“… the Sarabhū River …”1.2evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu …pe…

1.3catutthaṁ.

1.1“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, mahī nadī samuddaninnā samuddapoṇā samuddapabbhārā;“… the Mahī River …”1.2evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu …pe…

1.3pañcamaṁ.

1.1“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yā kācimā mahānadiyo, seyyathidaṁ—“… all the great rivers …”1.2gaṅgā, yamunā, aciravatī, sarabhū, mahī, sabbā tā samuddaninnā samuddapoṇā samuddapabbhārā;1.3evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bhāvento ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro.

1.4Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bhāvento ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro?1.5Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammādiṭṭhiṁ bhāveti rāgavinayapariyosānaṁ dosavinayapariyosānaṁ mohavinayapariyosānaṁ …pe… sammāsamādhiṁ bhāveti rāgavinayapariyosānaṁ dosavinayapariyosānaṁ mohavinayapariyosānaṁ.1.6Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bhāvento ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro”ti.

1.7Chaṭṭhaṁ.

1.8(Rāgavinayadvādasakī dutiyakī samuddaninnanti.)