5-48-8 Gaṅgāpeyyālo | Samyutta

VIII. Ganges Repetition Series

71 (1)–82 (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, which is based upon seclusion, dispassion, and cessation, maturing in release.

He develops the faculty of energy … the faculty of mindfulness … the faculty of concentration … the faculty of wisdom, which is based upon seclusion, dispassion, and cessation, maturing in release.

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.

(The remaining Suttas of this vagga are to be similarly elaborated parallel to 45:92–102.)

6 about slanting to the east
And 6 about slanting to the ocean.
These 2 sixes make up twelve:
Thus the subchapter is recited.