[317] How does one regard feeling (vedanā) as self?
Here someone regards feeling born of eye-contact, feeling born of ear-contact, feeling born of nose-contact, feeling born of tongue-contact, feeling born of body-contact, and feeling born of mind-contact as self: he regards feeling born of mind-contact and the self as not two, thus: "That which is feeling born of mind-contact, that am I; that which I am, that is feeling born of mind-contact." Just as, when an oil lamp is burning, one regards the flame and its colour as not two, thus: "That which is the flame, that is the colour; that which is the colour, that is the flame" — even so, here someone regards feeling born of mind-contact as self: he regards feeling born of mind-contact and the self as not two, thus: "That which is feeling born of mind-contact, that am I; that which I am, that is feeling born of mind-contact." The misapprehension through adherence is the view; the view is not the basis, the basis is not the view; the view is one thing, the basis another. The view together with the basis — this is the first view of self (attānudiṭṭhi) having feeling as its basis. The view of self is wrong view, a failure in views … these are fetters, but not views. Thus does one regard feeling as self.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.