[323] How does one regard perception in the self?
Here someone regards volitional formations, consciousness, form, and feeling (vedanā) as self. He thinks thus: "This indeed is my self; and in this self there is this perception (saññā)." Thus he regards perception in the self. Just as there might be a flower endowed with fragrance, and a man might speak of it thus: "This is the flower, this is the fragrance; the flower is one thing, the fragrance another; but this fragrance is in this flower" — thus he regards the fragrance in the flower; even so, here someone regards volitional formations, consciousness, form, and feeling as self. He thinks thus: "This indeed is my self; and in this self there is this perception." Thus he regards perception in the self.
The misapprehension through adherence (abhinivesaparāmāsa) is a view (diṭṭhi). The view is not the basis (vatthu), and the basis is not the view; the view is one thing, the basis another. The view together with the basis is the third view of self (attānudiṭṭhi), having perception as its basis. View of self is wrong view (micchādiṭṭhi) … These are fetters, but not views. Thus one regards perception in the self.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.