1At Sāvatthī.

Venerable Ānanda saw Venerable Sāriputta …

“Reverend, going totally beyond the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, I entered and remained in the cessation of perception and feeling. But it didn’t occur to me: ‘I am entering the cessation of perception and feeling’ or ‘I have entered the cessation of perception and feeling’ or ‘I am emerging from the cessation of perception and feeling’.”

“That must be because Venerable Sāriputta has long ago totally eradicated ego, possessiveness, and the underlying tendency to conceit. That’s why it didn’t occur to you: ‘I am entering the cessation of perception and feeling’ or ‘I have entered the cessation of perception and feeling’ or ‘I am emerging from the cessation of perception and feeling’.”

1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

Atha kho āyasmā sāriputto … pe …

… "Idhāhaṁ, āvuso, sabbaso nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ samatikkamma saññāvedayitanirodhaṁ upasampajja viharāmi. Tassa mayhaṁ, āvuso, na evaṁ hoti: ‘Ahaṁ saññāvedayitanirodhaṁ samāpajjāmī’ti vā ‘Ahaṁ saññāvedayitanirodhaṁ samāpanno’ti vā ‘Ahaṁ saññāvedayitanirodhā vuṭṭhito’ti vā"ti.

Tathā hi panāyasmato sāriputtassa dīgharattaṁ ahaṅkāramamaṅkāramānānusayā susamūhatā. Tasmā āyasmato sāriputtassa na evaṁ hoti: "‘Ahaṁ saññāvedayitanirodhaṁ samāpajjāmī’ti vā ‘Ahaṁ saññāvedayitanirodhaṁ samāpanno’ti vā ‘Ahaṁ saññāvedayitanirodhā vuṭṭhito’ti vā"ti.

Navamaṁ.