[302] Poṭṭhapāda, there are these three acquisitions of a self (attapaṭilābha): the gross acquisition of a self, the mind-made acquisition of a self, and the formless acquisition of a self. And what, Poṭṭhapāda, is the gross acquisition of a self? That which has form, is composed of the four great elements (mahābhūta), and feeds on morsel food — this is the gross acquisition of a self. What is the mind-made acquisition of a self? That which has form, is mind-made, complete in all its major and minor limbs, not deficient in any faculty — this is the mind-made acquisition of a self. What is the formless acquisition of a self? That which is formless, made of perception (saññā) — this is the formless acquisition of a self.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.