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Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Mahāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 19 · Section 237

[237] The setting is Sāvatthī. "Bhikkhus, just as the river Gaṅgā slants toward the ocean, slopes toward the ocean, inclines toward the ocean, even so, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu developing the noble eightfold path (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English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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