“Mendicants, the Ganges River slants, slopes, and inclines to the east. 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, whose objective, destination, and culmination is freedom from death. That’s how a mendicant who develops and cultivates the noble eightfold path slants, slopes, and inclines to extinguishment.”

Linked Discourses 45.116–120 10. Abbreviated Texts on the Ganges Slanting East

“Mendicants, the Yamunā River slants, slopes, and inclines to the east. …” “… the Aciravatī River …” “… the Sarabhū River …” “… the Mahī River …”