Reading guide
The closing formula stays with the set, not the direction
SN 45.91-96/97-102 (Gaṅgāpeyyālavagga's own set) shared one formula across both directions; this discourse confirms the same pattern holds within each of this vagga's own three sets — the closing formula is fixed per set of twelve, not per direction, confirmed by direct reading of this discourse's own full text.
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The text
§1“Mendicants, the Ganges river slants, slopes, and inclines to the ocean. In the same way, a mendicant who develops and cultivates the noble eightfold path slants, slopes, and inclines to extinguishment. And how does a mendicant who develops the noble eightfold path slant, slope, and incline to extinguishment? It’s when a mendicant develops right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion, which culminate in the removal of greed, hate, and delusion. That’s how a mendicant who develops and cultivates the noble eightfold path slants, slopes, and inclines to extinguishment.”
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