[599] When he had sat down to one side, the wanderer Potaliputta said this to the Venerable Samiddhi: "Friend Samiddhi, I have heard this in the presence of the ascetic Gotama, received it in his presence: 'Bodily action (kāyakamma) is vain (mogha), verbal action is vain; only mental action is real.' And: 'There is that attainment (samāpatti) on entering which one does not feel anything at all.'"
"Do not speak thus, friend Potaliputta; do not misrepresent the Blessed One. It is not good to misrepresent the Blessed One, for the Blessed One would not speak thus: 'Bodily action is vain, verbal action is vain; only mental action is real.' But there is indeed, friend, that attainment on entering which one does not feel anything at all."
"How long is it since you went forth, friend Samiddhi?"
"Not long, friend — three years."
"Now then, what shall we say to the elder bhikkhus, when even a bhikkhu so newly ordained supposes that the Teacher must be defended? Friend Samiddhi, having done an intentional (sañcetanika) action by body, by speech, or by mind, what does one feel?"
"Friend Potaliputta, having done an intentional action by body, by speech, or by mind, one feels suffering (dukkha)."
Then the wanderer Potaliputta neither delighted in nor rejected the Venerable Samiddhi's statement; and neither delighting in it nor rejecting it, he rose from his seat and departed.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.