Mahāndīsamudaninnasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Mahāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 19 · Section 213

[213] And how, bhikkhus, does a bhikkhu, developing the noble eightfold path, cultivating the noble eightfold path, become one who slants towards Nibbāna, slopes towards Nibbāna, inclines towards Nibbāna? Here, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu develops right view, which has as its final end the removal of lust (rāga), the removal of hatred, the removal of delusion … he develops right concentration (samādhi), which has as its final end the removal of lust, the removal of hatred, the removal of delusion. It is in this way, bhikkhus, that a bhikkhu, developing the noble eightfold path, cultivating the noble eightfold path, becomes one who slants towards Nibbāna, slopes towards Nibbāna, inclines towards Nibbāna. (Colophon:) The second set of twelve, on the removal of lust, (with the refrain) "slanting to the ocean."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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