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According to the Mahāparinibbāna Sutta, as quickly as a strong man might
stretch out his arm and draw it back again, Lord Buddha and his monks
vanished from this bank and reappeared on the other bank of the Ganges'
(D.II,89). (www.dhammawiki.com)

Lord Buddha often used the Ganges as a simile or metaphor in his
teachings (e.g. M.I,225; S.II,140; S.IV,298). (www.dhammawiki.com)

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