The Related Suttas Collection 46.77–88

9. Abbreviated Texts on the Ganges

The Ganges River, Etc.

“Bhikkhus, the Ganges river slants, slopes, and inclines to the east. In the same way, a bhikkhu who develops and cultivates the seven awakening factors slants, slopes, and inclines to Nibbana.

And how does a bhikkhu who develops the seven awakening factors slant, slope, and incline to Nibbana? It’s when a bhikkhu develops the awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion, and equanimity, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go. That’s how a bhikkhu who develops and cultivates the seven awakening factors slants, slopes, and inclines to Nibbana.”

(Tell in full for each of the different rivers as in SN 45.91–102.)