The Wrong View of Grasping the Aggregate of Feeling as Self

Among all kinds of self-view (ātma-dṛṣṭi), those who take the aggregate of feeling (vedanā) as the self are the most numerous; those who attach importance to the aggregate of feeling are the most numerous; and those who create karma for the sake of feelings are the most numerous. Suffering for the sake of face means letting the physical body suffer for the sake of the mind consciousness's feelings—quite a lot of people are like this. Throughout history, there have been many who died in order to leave a name behind, which is called "leaving a name for a thousand ages." Dying for the sake of loyalty, dying for the sake of face, dying for the sake of vanity, dying for the sake of reputation, dying for the sake of...—there are far too many such people, aren't there?

All of these people are those who gravely take the mind consciousness as the self, clinging to the mind consciousness even more severely than they cling to the physical body.