The Tipiṭaka in Three Languages

Mahāndīpācīnninnasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Mahāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 19 · Section 205

[205] Setting at Sāvatthī. "Bhikkhus, just as whatever great rivers there are — that is, the Gaṅgā, the Yamunā, the Aciravatī, the Sarabhū, the Mahī — all of them slant toward the east, slope toward the east, incline toward the east; even so, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu …" (elided in the Pali)

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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