sn48.71-82:1.1 “Mendicants, the Ganges River slants, slopes, and inclines to the east.
sn48.71-82:1.2 In the same way, a mendicant developing and cultivating the five faculties slants, slopes, and inclines to extinguishment.
sn48.71-82:1.3 How so?
sn48.71-82:1.4 It’s when a mendicant develops the faculties of faith,
sn48.71-82:1.5 energy,
sn48.71-82:1.6 mindfulness,
sn48.71-82:1.7 immersion,
sn48.71-82:1.8 and wisdom, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go.
sn48.71-82:1.9 That’s how a mendicant developing and cultivating the five faculties slants, slopes, and inclines to extinguishment.”