The Related Suttas Collection 50.55–66

6. Another Chapter of Abbreviated Texts on the Ganges

Sloping East, Etc.

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

And how does a bhikkhu who develops the five powers slant, slope, and incline to Nibbana? It’s when a bhikkhu develops the powers of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom, which culminate in the removal of greed, hate, and delusion.

That’s how a bhikkhu who develops and cultivates the five powers slants, slopes, and inclines to Nibbana.”

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

Six on slanting to the east, and six on slanting to the ocean; these two sixes make twelve, and that’s how this chapter is recited.