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Another Chapter of Abbreviated Texts on the Ganges

Punagaṅgāpeyyālavagga

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 48.125–136Linked Discourses 48.125–136
  • 0.213. Punagaṅgāpeyyālavagga13. Another Chapter of Abbreviated Texts on the Ganges

0.3PunapācīnādisuttaAnother on Sloping East, Etc.

1.1“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, gaṅgā nadī pācīnaninnā pācīnapoṇā pācīnapabbhārā;“Mendicants, the Ganges River slants, slopes, and inclines to the east.1.2evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcindriyāni bhāvento pañcindriyāni bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro.In the same way, a mendicant developing and cultivating the five faculties slants, slopes, and inclines to extinguishment.

1.3Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcindriyāni bhāvento pañcindriyāni bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro?How so?1.4Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu saddhindriyaṁ bhāveti rāgavinayapariyosānaṁ dosavinayapariyosānaṁ mohavinayapariyosānaṁ …pe… paññindriyaṁ bhāveti rāgavinayapariyosānaṁ dosavinayapariyosānaṁ mohavinayapariyosānaṁ.It’s when a mendicant develops the faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom, which culminate in the removal of greed, hate, and delusion.1.5Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcindriyāni bhāvento pañcindriyāni bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro”ti.That’s how a mendicant developing and cultivating the five faculties slants, slopes, and inclines to extinguishment.”

1.6Dvādasamaṁ.

1.7Gaṅgāpeyyālavaggo terasamo.

2.0Tassuddānaṁ

2.1PTS 5.242Cha pācīnato ninnā,Six on slanting to the east,2.2cha ninnā ca samuddato;and six on slanting to the ocean;2.3Dvete cha dvādasa honti,these two sixes make twelve,2.4vaggo tena pavuccatīti.and that’s how this chapter is recited.