[516] On one occasion the Venerable Sāriputta was dwelling at Sāvatthī, in Jeta's Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika's Park. Then the Venerable Sāriputta, in the morning, having dressed and taken his bowl and robe, entered Sāvatthī for alms. Having walked for alms in Sāvatthī, after the meal, having returned from the alms round, he approached the Andhavana for the day's abiding; having plunged into the Andhavana, he sat down at the root of a certain tree for the day's abiding. Then the Venerable Sāriputta, in the evening, having emerged from seclusion, approached Jeta's Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika's Park. The Venerable Ānanda saw the Venerable Sāriputta coming from afar; having seen him, he said this to the Venerable Sāriputta: "Friend Sāriputta, your faculties are serene, your complexion is pure and bright. In what abiding has the Venerable Sāriputta dwelt today?"
"Here, friend, by completely transcending the base of neither-perception-nor-non-perception (nevasaññānāsaññāyatana), I entered upon and dwelt in the cessation of perception and feeling (saññāvedayitanirodha). Yet, friend, it did not occur to me: 'I am attaining the cessation of perception and feeling,' or 'I have attained the cessation of perception and feeling,' or 'I have emerged from the cessation of perception and feeling.'"
"It is indeed because the Venerable Sāriputta's underlying tendencies to I-making, mine-making, and conceit (ahaṅkāra-mamaṅkāra-mānānusaya) have long been thoroughly uprooted that it does not occur to the Venerable Sāriputta: 'I am attaining the cessation of perception and feeling,' or 'I have attained the cessation of perception and feeling,' or 'I have emerged from the cessation of perception and feeling.'"
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.