[189] "Good, venerable sir," that bhikkhu … asked a further question: "But how, venerable sir, does identity view (sakkāyadiṭṭhi) not come to be?"
"Here, bhikkhu, an instructed noble disciple — one who has seen the noble ones, skilled in the Dhamma of the noble ones, well trained in the Dhamma of the noble ones; one who has seen true persons (sappurisa), skilled in the Dhamma of true persons,¹ well trained in the Dhamma of true persons — does not regard form (rūpa) as self, nor self as possessing form, nor form as in self, nor self as in form. Nor feeling (vedanā) … Nor perception (saññā) … Nor volitional formations (saṅkhārā) … He does not regard consciousness (viññāṇa) as self, nor self as possessing consciousness, nor consciousness as in self, nor self as in consciousness. It is in this way, bhikkhu, that identity view does not come to be."
¹ Variant (footnote in Siam Raṭṭha ed.): sappurisadhammesu ("in the dhammas of true persons," locative plural).
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.