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8. The Chapter of Abbreviated Texts on the Ganges

8. Slanting East, Etc.

Saṁyutta Nikāya
48. Indriyasaṁyutta
Gaṅgāpeyyālavagga
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8. The Chapter of Abbreviated Texts on the Ganges
8. Slanting East, Etc.
Saṁyutta Nikāya
48. Indriyasaṁyutta
Gaṅgāpeyyālavagga
Ruta suttaSN 48.71-82Sutta PiṭakaSaṃyutta Nikāya5. Mahāvaggasaṁyutta48. Indriyasaṁyutta8. GaṅgāpeyyālavaggaGaṅgāpeyyālavagga
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Slanting East, Etc.
Pācīnādisutta *Pācīnādisutta → pācīnaninnādisuttāni (bj); viveka (pts1ed)
Slanting East, Etc.
Pācīnādisutta *Pācīnādisutta → pācīnaninnādisuttāni (bj); viveka (pts1ed)
Slanting East, Etc. Pācīnādisutta *Pācīnādisutta → pācīnaninnādisuttāni (bj); viveka (pts1ed)

“Mendicants, the Ganges river slants, slopes, and inclines to the east. In the same way, a mendicant developing and cultivating the five faculties slants, slopes, and inclines to extinguishment.

“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, gaṅgā nadī pācīnaninnā pācīnapoṇā pācīnapabbhārā; evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcindriyāni bhāvento pañcindriyāni bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro.

“Mendicants, the Ganges river slants, slopes, and inclines to the east.
“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, gaṅgā nadī pācīnaninnā pācīnapoṇā pācīnapabbhārā;
In the same way, a mendicant developing and cultivating the five faculties slants, slopes, and inclines to extinguishment.
evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcindriyāni bhāvento pañcindriyāni bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro.

“Mendicants, the Ganges river slants, slopes, and inclines to the east. “Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, gaṅgā nadī pācīnaninnā pācīnapoṇā pācīnapabbhārā; In the same way, a mendicant developing and cultivating the five faculties slants, slopes, and inclines to extinguishment. evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcindriyāni bhāvento pañcindriyāni bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro.

How so? It’s when a mendicant develops the faculties of faith, energy, mindfulnesssatiAtención plena, memoria, poderes de referencia y retención. En algunos contextos, la palabra sati cuando se usa sola cubre también la alerta (sampajañña).Ver en el glosario, immersion, and wisdom, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go. That’s how a mendicant developing and cultivating the five faculties slants, slopes, and inclines to extinguishment.”

Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcindriyāni bhāvento pañcindriyāni bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu saddhindriyaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ, vīriyindriyaṁ …pe… satindriyaṁ … samādhindriyaṁ … paññindriyaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ. Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcindriyāni bhāvento pañcindriyāni bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro”ti.

How so?
Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcindriyāni bhāvento pañcindriyāni bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro?
It’s when a mendicant develops the faculties of faith,
Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu saddhindriyaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ,
energy,
vīriyindriyaṁ …pe…
mindfulness,
satindriyaṁ …
immersion,
samādhindriyaṁ …
and wisdom, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go.
paññindriyaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ.
That’s how a mendicant developing and cultivating the five faculties slants, slopes, and inclines to extinguishment.”
Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcindriyāni bhāvento pañcindriyāni bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro”ti.

How so? Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcindriyāni bhāvento pañcindriyāni bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro? It’s when a mendicant develops the faculties of faith, Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu saddhindriyaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ, energy, vīriyindriyaṁ …pe… mindfulness, satindriyaṁ … immersion, samādhindriyaṁ … and wisdom, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go. paññindriyaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ. That’s how a mendicant developing and cultivating the five faculties slants, slopes, and inclines to extinguishment.” Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcindriyāni bhāvento pañcindriyāni bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro”ti.

Dvādasamaṁ.

Dvādasamaṁ.

Dvādasamaṁ.

Gaṅgāpeyyālavaggo aṭṭhamo.

Gaṅgāpeyyālavaggo aṭṭhamo.

Gaṅgāpeyyālavaggo aṭṭhamo.

Tassuddānaṁ

Tassuddānaṁ

Tassuddānaṁ

Six on slanting to the east, and six on slanting to the ocean; these two sixes make twelve, and that’s how this chapter is recited.

Cha pācīnato ninnā, cha ninnā ca samuddato; Dvete cha dvādasa honti, vaggo tena pavuccatīti.

Six on slanting to the east,
Cha pācīnato ninnā,
and six on slanting to the ocean;
cha ninnā ca samuddato;
these two sixes make twelve,
Dvete cha dvādasa honti,
and that’s how this chapter is recited.
vaggo tena pavuccatīti.

Six on slanting to the east, Cha pācīnato ninnā, and six on slanting to the ocean; cha ninnā ca samuddato; these two sixes make twelve, Dvete cha dvādasa honti, and that’s how this chapter is recited. vaggo tena pavuccatīti.