Self View

1. I heard thus. At one time the Blessed One lived in the monastery offered by Anàthapiõóika in Jeta's grove in Sàvatthi.

2. Then the monks approached the Blessed One, worshipped and sat on a side and the Blessed One said:

3. ßMonks, I will tell you self view, the arising of self view, the cessation of self view and the path, leading to the cessation of self view.

4. ßMonks, what is self view? The reply is the five holding masses. What five? The holding masses of matter, feelings, perceptions, intentions, and consciousness. Monks, to this is said the self view.

5. ßMonks, what is the arising of self view? It is craving to be again, with interest and greed, delighting here and there, such as craving for sensuality, craving to be, and craving not to be. Monks, to this is called the arising of self view.

6. ßMonks, what is the cessation of self view? It is giving up interest and ceasing that same craving; forsaking, rejecting, finding release, and not settling in it. This is the cessation of self view.

7. ßMonks, what is the path leading to the cessation of self view? It is this same eight-factored noble path, such as right view, .. re ... right concentration. To this is said the path leading to the cessation of self view.

8. ßMonks, to this is said the path leading to the cessation of self view.