[139] Bhikkhus, if one should say, "What are volitional formations, and whose, moreover, are these volitional formations?" — or, bhikkhus, if one should say, "Volitional formations are one thing, and he to whom these volitional formations belong is another" — both of these are the same in meaning, differing only in phrasing. Bhikkhus, when there is the view (diṭṭhi) "the soul (jīva) is the same as the body (sarīra)," there is no living of the holy life (brahmacariyavāsa); and, bhikkhus, when there is the view "the soul is one thing, the body another," there is no living of the holy life. Bhikkhus, without veering toward either of these two extremes, the Tathāgata teaches the Dhamma by the middle: with ignorance as condition, volitional formations … .
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.