[62] "And in what way, Ānanda, does one who does not describe the self (attā) not describe it? Not describing the self as having form (rūpī) and limited (paritta), Ānanda, one does not describe it thus: 'My self has form and is limited.' Or not describing the self as having form and infinite, one does not describe it thus: 'My self has form and is infinite.' Or not describing the self as formless (arūpī) and limited, one does not describe it thus: 'My self is formless and limited.' Or not describing the self as formless and infinite, one does not describe it thus: 'My self is formless and infinite.'
"Therein, Ānanda, as for one who does not describe the self as having form and limited: either he does not describe the self as having form and limited in the present, or he does not describe the self as having form and limited as destined to become such [hereafter]; nor does the thought occur to him: 'Though it is not so, I shall fashion it so that it becomes so.' This being the case, Ānanda, it is fitting to say that the view of the self as having form and limited does not lie latent in him.
"Therein, Ānanda, as for one who does not describe the self as having form and infinite: either he does not describe the self as having form and infinite in the present, or he does not describe the self as having form and infinite as destined to become such; nor does the thought occur to him: 'Though it is not so, I shall fashion it so that it becomes so.' This being the case, Ānanda, it is fitting to say that the view of the self as having form and infinite does not lie latent in him.
"Therein, Ānanda, as for one who does not describe the self as formless and limited: either he does not describe the self as formless and limited in the present, or he does not describe the self as formless and limited as destined to become such; nor does the thought occur to him: 'Though it is not so, I shall fashion it so that it becomes so.' This being the case, Ānanda, it is fitting to say that the view of the self as formless and limited does not lie latent in him.
"Therein, Ānanda, as for one who does not describe the self as formless and infinite: either he does not describe the self as formless and infinite in the present, or he does not describe the self as formless and infinite as destined to become such; nor does the thought occur to him: 'Though it is not so, I shall fashion it so that it becomes so.' This being the case, Ānanda, it is fitting to say that the view of the self as formless and infinite does not lie latent in him.
"It is to this extent, Ānanda, that one who does not describe the self does not describe it."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.