[324] How does one regard self in perception (saññā)?
Here someone regards volitional formations, consciousness, form, and feeling (vedanā) as self. It occurs to him thus: "This indeed is my self; but this self of mine is in this perception" — thus he regards self in perception. Suppose a gem were placed in a casket, and a man were to say of it: "This is the gem, this is the casket; the gem is one thing, the casket another; but this gem is in this casket" — he thus regards the gem as being in the casket. In the same way, here someone regards volitional formations, consciousness, form, and feeling as self. It occurs to him thus: "This indeed is my self; but this self of mine is in this perception" — thus he regards self in perception.
The misapprehension through adherence is the view; the view is not the basis, and the basis is not the view. The view is one thing, the basis another. The view together with the basis: this is the fourth view of self (attānudiṭṭhi) having perception as its basis. The view of self is wrong view (micchādiṭṭhi) … These are fetters, but not views. Thus one regards self in perception.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.