“Mendicants, the Ganges river slants, slopes, and inclines to the east.
In the same way, a mendicant developing and cultivating the five faculties slants, slopes, and inclines to extinguishment.
How so?
It’s when a mendicant develops the faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom, which culminate in the removal of greed, hate, and delusion.
That’s how a mendicant developing and cultivating the five faculties slants, slopes, and inclines to extinguishment.”
Six on slanting to the east,
and six on slanting to the ocean;
these two sixes make twelve,
and that’s how this chapter is recited.