[347] By the view that grasps an extreme (antaggāhikā diṭṭhi), holding "the Tathāgata neither exists nor does not exist after death," in what five ways does adherence occur?
The view that is adherence through misapprehension (abhinivesaparāmāsa) thus: "Form is of a nature to die right here; after the breaking up of the body the Tathāgata neither exists nor does not exist" — by that view the extreme is grasped; therefore it is a view that grasps an extreme. The view is not the basis (vatthu); 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 an extreme, holding "the Tathāgata neither exists nor does not exist after death." A view grasping an extreme is a wrong view … These are fetters, not views.
The view that is adherence through misapprehension thus: "Feeling (vedanā) is of a nature to die right here; perception is of a nature to die right here; volitional formations are of a nature to die right here; consciousness is of a nature to die right here; after the breaking up of the body the Tathāgata neither exists nor does not exist" — by that view the extreme is grasped; therefore 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 fifth view grasping an extreme, holding "the Tathāgata neither exists nor does not exist after death." A view grasping an extreme is a wrong view … These are fetters, not views.
By the view grasping an extreme, holding "the Tathāgata neither exists nor does not exist after death," adherence occurs in these five ways. By the view grasping an extreme, adherence occurs in these fifty ways.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.