{"id":"sn47.51-62","title":"Twelve Discourses on the Ganges River, Etc.","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn47.51-62","title":"Twelve Discourses on the Ganges River, Etc.","units":[{"id":"sn47.51-62:0","sourceIds":["sn47.51-62:0.1","sn47.51-62:0.2","sn47.51-62:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 47.51–62\n6. Gaṅgāpeyyālavagga\nGaṅgānadīādisuttadvādasaka","en":"Linked Discourses 47.51–62\n6. Abbreviated Texts on the Ganges\nTwelve Discourses on the Ganges River, Etc."}},{"id":"sn47.51-62:1","sourceIds":["sn47.51-62:1.1","sn47.51-62:1.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, gaṅgā nadī pācīnaninnā pācīnapoṇā pācīnapabbhārā;\nevameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu cattāro satipaṭṭhāne bhāvento cattāro satipaṭṭhāne bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro.","en":"“Mendicants, the Ganges River slants, slopes, and inclines to the east.\nIn the same way, a mendicant who develops and cultivates the four kinds of mindfulness meditation slants, slopes, and inclines to extinguishment."}},{"id":"sn47.51-62:2","sourceIds":["sn47.51-62:2.1","sn47.51-62:2.2","sn47.51-62:2.3","sn47.51-62:2.4","sn47.51-62:2.5","sn47.51-62:2.6","sn47.51-62:2.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu cattāro satipaṭṭhāne bhāvento cattāro satipaṭṭhāne bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kāye kāyānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ;\nvedanāsu …pe…\ncitte …pe…\ndhammesu dhammānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu cattāro satipaṭṭhāne bhāvento cattāro satipaṭṭhāne bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro”ti vitthāretabbaṁ.\nGaṅgāpeyyālavaggo chaṭṭho.","en":"And how does a mendicant who develops the four kinds of mindfulness meditation slant, slope, and incline to extinguishment?\nIt’s when a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of the body—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.\nThey meditate observing an aspect of feelings …\nmind …\nprinciples—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.\nThat’s how a mendicant who develops and cultivates the four kinds of mindfulness meditation slants, slopes, and inclines to extinguishment.”"}},{"id":"sn47.51-62:3","sourceIds":["sn47.51-62:3.0","sn47.51-62:3.1","sn47.51-62:3.2","sn47.51-62:3.3","sn47.51-62:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ\nCha pācīnato ninnā,\ncha ninnā ca samuddato;\nEte dve cha dvādasa honti,\nvaggo tena pavuccatīti.","en":"Six on slanting to the east,\nand six on slanting to the ocean;\nthese two sixes make twelve,\nand that’s how this chapter is recited."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn47.51-62/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}