Gaṅgāsamudaninnasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Mahāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 19 · Section 192

[192] "And how, bhikkhus, does a bhikkhu, developing the Noble Eightfold Path (ariya aṭṭhaṅgika magga), cultivating the Noble Eightfold Path, become one who slants toward Nibbāna, slopes toward Nibbāna, inclines toward Nibbāna? Here, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu develops right view (sammādiṭṭhi), which is based upon seclusion (viveka) … he develops right concentration (samādhi) (sammāsamādhi), which is based upon seclusion, based upon dispassion (virāga), based upon cessation, maturing in relinquishment (vossaggapariṇāmiṃ). It is in this way, bhikkhus, that a bhikkhu, developing the Noble Eightfold Path, cultivating the Noble Eightfold Path, slants toward Nibbāna, slopes toward Nibbāna, inclines toward Nibbāna."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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