[313] How does one regard form as self?
Here someone regards the earth-kasiṇa as self: 'What the earth-kasiṇa is, that I am; what I am, that the earth-kasiṇa is' — he regards the earth-kasiṇa and the self as not-two. Just as, when an oil lamp is burning, one regards the flame and the colour as not-two: 'What the flame is, that the colour is; what the colour is, that the flame is' — even so, here someone regards the earth-kasiṇa as self: 'What the earth-kasiṇa is, that I am; what I am, that the earth-kasiṇa is' — he regards the earth-kasiṇa and the self as not-two. The misapprehension through adherence is a view (diṭṭhi). The view is not the basis (vatthu); the basis is not the view. The view is one thing; the basis is another. The view together with the basis: this is the first view of self (attānudiṭṭhi) with form as its basis. View of self is wrong view (micchādiṭṭhi), a failure in views (diṭṭhivipatti). For a person possessed of the view of self there are two destinations … These are fetters, but not views.
Here someone regards the water-kasiṇa, the fire-kasiṇa, the air-kasiṇa, the blue-kasiṇa, the yellow-kasiṇa, the red-kasiṇa, the white-kasiṇa as self: 'What the white-kasiṇa is, that I am; what I am, that the white-kasiṇa is' — he regards the white-kasiṇa and the self as not-two. Just as, when an oil lamp is burning, one regards the flame and the colour as not-two: 'What the flame is, that the colour is; what the colour is, that the flame is' — even so, here someone … regards the white-kasiṇa and the self as not-two. The misapprehension through adherence is a view. The view is not the basis; the basis is not the view. The view is one thing; the basis is another. The view together with the basis: this is the first view of self with form as its basis. View of self is wrong view, a failure in views … These are fetters, but not views. Thus does one regard form as self.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.