[33] Then the Blessed One, in that connection, on account of that first occurrence, having had the Saṅgha of bhikkhus convened, questioned the Venerable Piṇḍola Bhāradvāja: "Is it true, as they say, Bhāradvāja, that you took down the bowl of the merchant of Rājagaha?"
"It is true, Blessed One."
The Buddha, the Blessed One, rebuked him: "It is unbecoming, Bhāradvāja, not in conformity, unsuitable, unworthy of an ascetic, not allowable, not to be done. How could you, Bhāradvāja, for the sake of a wretched wooden bowl, display to householders a superhuman state (uttarimanussadhamma), a marvel of psychic power (iddhipāṭihāriya)? Just as, Bhāradvāja, a woman displays her private parts for the sake of a wretched māsaka coin, even so, Bhāradvāja, for the sake of a wretched wooden bowl a superhuman state, a marvel of psychic power, was displayed by you to householders. This, Bhāradvāja, does not conduce to the confidence of those without confidence …" Having rebuked him and given a talk on the Dhamma, he addressed the bhikkhus: "Bhikkhus, a superhuman state, a marvel of psychic power, is not to be displayed to householders; whoever should display one commits an offence of wrong-doing (dukkaṭa). Break up that wooden bowl, bhikkhus; having reduced it to splinter after splinter, give it to the bhikkhus as powder for grinding eye-ointment. And, bhikkhus, a wooden bowl is not to be used; whoever should use one commits an offence of wrong-doing."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.