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Which case is "I am a professor" with identity view?

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According to the Yamaka Sutta quoted below, a run-of-the-mill person thinks one of the following: - the form to be the self - the self as possessing form - the form as in the self - the self as in form And the same applies to the other aggregates. If someone says with identity view, that "I am a professor", "I am an American", "I am successful" etc., what would this case be? Is "professor" a mental fabrication? So, "I am a professor" (with identity view) would be the case of assuming a mental fabrication to be the self? From the Yamaka Sutta (SN 22.85) : > "In the same way, an uninstructed, run-of-the-mill person — who has no > regard for noble ones, is not well-versed or disciplined in their > Dhamma; who has no regard for men of integrity, is not well-versed or > disciplined in their Dhamma — assumes form (the body) to be the self, > or the self as possessing form, or form as in the self, or the self as > in form. > > "He assumes feeling to be the self... > > "He assumes perception to be the self... > > "He assumes (mental) fabrications to be the self... > > "He assumes consciousness to be the self, or the self as possessing > consciousness, or consciousness as in the self, or the self as in > consciousness.
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Aug 13, 2018, 03:49 PM
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