2.
The Discourse on Practice
44.
At Sāvatthī.
"I will teach you, monks, the practice leading to the arising of identity and the practice leading to the cessation of identity.
Listen to that.
And what, monks, is the practice leading to the arising of identity?
Here, monks, an ignorant worldling, who does not see the noble ones, who is not skilled in the noble teaching, who is undisciplined in the noble teaching, who does not see good persons, who is not skilled in the teaching of good persons, who is undisciplined in the teaching of good persons, regards matter as self, or self as possessing matter;
or matter as in self, or self as in matter.
Feeling as self...
perception...
activities...
He regards consciousness as self, or self as possessing consciousness;
or consciousness as in self, or self as in consciousness.
This is called, monks, 'the practice leading to the arising of identity, the practice leading to the arising of identity.'
Thus indeed, monks, it is called 'the way of regarding leading to the arising of suffering.'
This is the meaning here.
And what, monks, is the practice leading to the cessation of identity? Here, monks, a learned noble disciple, who sees the noble ones, who is skilled in the noble teaching, who is well disciplined in the noble teaching, who sees good persons, who is skilled in the teaching of good persons, who is well disciplined in the teaching of good persons, does not regard matter as self, nor self as possessing matter; nor matter as in self, nor self as in matter. Not feeling as self... not perception... not activities... He does not regard consciousness as self, nor self as possessing consciousness; nor consciousness as in self, nor self as in consciousness. This is called, monks, 'the practice leading to the cessation of identity, the practice leading to the cessation of identity.' Thus indeed, monks, it is called 'the way of regarding leading to the cessation of suffering.' This is the meaning here. The second.