The Related Suttas Collection 46.7

1. Mountains

A Bungalow

“Bhikkhus, the rafters of a bungalow all slant, slope, and incline to the peak. 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.”