[340] Through what five aspects is there adherence (abhinivesa) by way of the view that grasps an extreme (antaggāhikā diṭṭhi), [holding] "The world is finite"?
Here someone pervades a limited space having made it blue. It occurs to him thus: "This world is finite, round about" — he is one who perceives it as finite. That which he pervades is both the basis (vatthu) and "the world"; that by which he pervades is both "the self" and "the world." The misapprehension (parāmāsa) through adherence is a view; by that view an extreme is grasped — hence it is a view that grasps an extreme. 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 grasping the extreme "The world is finite." A view grasping an extreme is a wrong view (micchādiṭṭhi) … These are fetters, but not views.
Here someone pervades a limited space having made it yellow, pervades it having made it red, pervades it having made it white, pervades it having made it light. It occurs to him thus: "This world is finite, round about" — he is one who perceives it as finite. That which he pervades is both the basis and "the world"; that by which he pervades is both "the self" and "the world." The misapprehension through adherence is a view; by that view an extreme is grasped — hence it is a view that grasps an extreme …
It is through these five aspects that there is adherence by way of the view that grasps an extreme, [holding] "The world is finite."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.