5-48-13 Gaṅgāpeyyālo | Samyutta

XIII. Ganges Repetition Series

(Removal of Lust Version)

125 (1)–136 (12) The River Ganges—Eastward, Etc.

Bhikkhus, just as the river Ganges slants, slopes, and inclines towards the East,

so too a Bhikkhu who develops and cultivates the 5 spiritual faculties slants, slopes, and inclines towards Nibbāna.

And how, Bhikkhus, does a Bhikkhu develop and cultivate the 5 spiritual faculties so that he slants, slopes, and inclines towards Nibbāna?

Here, Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu develops the faculty of faith … the faculty of wisdom, which has as its final goal the removal of lust, the removal of hatred, the removal of delusion.

It is in this way, Bhikkhus, that a Bhikkhu develops and cultivates the 5 spiritual faculties so that he slants, slopes, and inclines towards Nibbāna.