Saṃyutta Nikāya - The Connected Discourses
Connected Discourses on the Path: SN45:91 Slanting to the East (1)
1 Sāvatthinidānaṃ. "Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, gangā nadī pācīnaninnā pācīnapoṇā pācīnapabbhārā; evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ariyaṃ aṭṭhangikaṃ maggaṃ bhāvento ariyaṃ aṭṭhangikaṃ maggaṃ bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro. Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ariyaṃ aṭṭhangikaṃ maggaṃ bhāvento ariyaṃ aṭṭhangikaṃ maggaṃ bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammādiṭṭhiṃ bhāveti vivekanissitaṃ virāganissitaṃ nirodhanissitaṃ vossaggapariṇāmiṃ … pe … sammāsamādhiṃ bhāveti vivekanissitaṃ virāganissitaṃ nirodhanissitaṃ vossaggapariṇāmiṃ. Evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ariyaṃ aṭṭhangikaṃ maggaṃ bhāvento ariyaṃ aṭṭhangikaṃ maggaṃ bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro"ti.
Paṭhamaṃ.