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Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Mahāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 19 · Section 199

[199] The setting is Sāvatthī (Sāvatthīnidānaṃ). Bhikkhus, just as the river Gaṅgā slants toward the east, slopes toward the east, inclines toward the east — even so, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu developing the Noble Eightfold Path (ariya aṭṭhaṅgika magga), making much of 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English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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