Bhūmijasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Nidānavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 16 · Section 79

[79] He was dwelling at Sāvatthī. … Then in the evening the Venerable Bhūmija, emerging from seclusion, approached the Venerable Sāriputta; having approached, he exchanged greetings with the Venerable Sāriputta, and when the courteous and amiable talk was concluded, he sat down at one side. Sitting at one side, the Venerable Bhūmija said this to the Venerable Sāriputta: "Friend Sāriputta, there are some ascetics and brahmins, proponents of action (kammavādā), who declare that pleasure and pain are made by oneself. And, friend Sāriputta, there are some ascetics and brahmins, proponents of action, who declare that pleasure and pain are made by another. There are, friend Sāriputta, some ascetics and brahmins, proponents of action, who declare that pleasure and pain are made both by oneself and by another. And, friend Sāriputta, there are some ascetics and brahmins, proponents of action, who declare that pleasure and pain, being made neither by oneself nor by another, have arisen fortuitously. Now here, friend Sāriputta, what does the Blessed One say, what does he declare? And answering in what way would we be speakers of what has been said by the Blessed One, would we not misrepresent the Blessed One with what is untrue, would we explain in accordance with the Dhamma, so that no legitimate consequence of our assertion would give ground for censure?"

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.