Nikaya

Where Suffering Subsides

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  1. Abbreviated Texts on the Ganges

Slanting to the Ocean

“Mendicants, the Ganges river slants, slopes, and inclines to the ocean.

In the same way, a mendicant who develops the noble eightfold path slants, slopes, and inclines to extinguishment. …”