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SN 45.134–1381 min read

Slanting to the Ocean

Dutiyādisamuddaninnasutta

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.134–138Linked Discourses 45.134–138
  • 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…

1.3seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, aciravatī nadī samuddaninnā samuddapoṇā samuddapabbhārā;“… the Aciravatī River …”1.4evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu …pe…

1.5seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, sarabhū nadī samuddaninnā samuddapoṇā samuddapabbhārā;“… the Sarabhū River …”1.6evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu …pe…

1.7seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, mahī nadī samuddaninnā samuddapoṇā samuddapabbhārā;“… the Mahī River …”1.8evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu …pe…

1.9seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yā kācimā mahānadiyo, seyyathidaṁ—“… all the great rivers …”1.10gaṅgā, yamunā, aciravatī, sarabhū, mahī, sabbā tā samuddaninnā samuddapoṇā samuddapabbhārā;1.11evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bhāvento ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro.

1.12Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bhāvento ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro?1.13Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammādiṭṭhiṁ bhāveti nibbānaninnaṁ nibbānapoṇaṁ nibbānapabbhāraṁ …pe… sammāsamādhiṁ bhāveti nibbānaninnaṁ nibbānapoṇaṁ nibbānapabbhāraṁ.1.14Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bhāvento ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro”ti.

1.15Chaṭṭhaṁ.

1.16(Gaṅgāpeyyālī.)

2.0Tassuddānaṁ

2.1Cha pācīnato ninnā,2.2cha ninnā ca samuddato;2.3Ete dve cha dvādasa honti,2.4vaggo tena pavuccatīti;2.5Nibbānaninno dvādasakī,2.6catutthakī chaṭṭhā navakī.